SERIES 'Without Madonna:Tim Draws Back'
a project by Tim and Jimmy
Us Forever
Photography 2025
Jimmy with his mother
Photography 1988
Horizontal attachment is a ghost in the room—unseen and ignored, yet devastating.
The Project
Mixed media on oil paint paper, 30 x 40 cm. Outlines by Tim; finished by Jimmy, 2026.
This portfolio is the voice of Tim, a three-year-old co-identity. The work subverts the "Holy Madonna"—the Old Masters’ symbol of unbreakable motherly love. For Tim, this bond was shattered and replaced by an enforced intimacy among peers- sometimes presented as 'group therapy' or 'therapy in the baby ward'.
Tim cannot fight the system with words, but he "draws back." In each piece, the divine is interrupted. By capturing the desperate search for love while simultaneously crossing out the Holy Mother, he performs a visual rebellion against an "unholy world", which becomes the only reality in later life.
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