Nush Menna - MM-MADONNA
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Studied art history at Ecole du Louvre and specialised in contemporary art for over 25 years.
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Oil painting MM-MADONNA by Nush Menna, created in 2025, an original edition in contemporary style, measuring 100×70 cm, signed by hand, in excellent condition and weighing 0.2 kg, produced in Italy and sold directly by the artist.
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MM-MADONNA
In this painting, the figure of Marilyn Monroe is transfigured into a contemporary icon of secular devotion. The bowed face, the hands joined in prayer, and the blue and red mantle of the Marian tradition construct an image that instantly recalls Western sacred painting, yet subverts its codes from within.
Marilyn is not represented here as a seductive diva, but as a vulnerable and consecrated body. The dark glasses — an iconic element and at the same time a barrier — introduce a distance: the gaze is not offered to the viewer, but withdrawn, protected. Holiness does not look; it meditates. It does not seduce, it resists.
On the body, signs of the present emerge: tattoos, pop symbols, childish and commercial elements that coexist with the cross and with the attitude of prayer. The presence of Hello Kitty, butterflies, and insects introduces an ambiguous dimension, suspended between innocence, metamorphosis, and biological fragility. Nothing is decorative: every sign is a stratification of meaning, a cultural scar.
The painting gesture remains steady, figurative, almost classical, while the content moves on a critical and contemporary plane. The work questions the human need to sacralize images and suggests that, in our time, pop icons have assumed the role that once belonged to saints: figures to worship, consume, sacrifice.
This Marilyn-Madonna does not seek veneration or scandal. It asks for silence. It is a work that speaks of displaced faith, of altered devotion, of a sacred thing that has not disappeared but has changed its face.
A work with strong symbolic impact, aimed at collectors who pay attention to contemporary figurative painting and to the dialogue between spirituality, pop culture, and image criticism.
Final protective coating
Certificate of authenticity
To avoid further polluting the world and contribute to an ecological choice, I will use recycled cardboard. The small step towards a clean world starts with each individual. A responsible choice for everyone.
You can see the video that details the painting and the various stages of creation on my Instagram profile nush_artwork, or on my website, https://nushart.com.
Includes a certificate of authenticity and is shipped with careful packaging in a tube.
Simple frame as a gift.
Seller's Story
Translated by Google TranslateMM-MADONNA
In this painting, the figure of Marilyn Monroe is transfigured into a contemporary icon of secular devotion. The bowed face, the hands joined in prayer, and the blue and red mantle of the Marian tradition construct an image that instantly recalls Western sacred painting, yet subverts its codes from within.
Marilyn is not represented here as a seductive diva, but as a vulnerable and consecrated body. The dark glasses — an iconic element and at the same time a barrier — introduce a distance: the gaze is not offered to the viewer, but withdrawn, protected. Holiness does not look; it meditates. It does not seduce, it resists.
On the body, signs of the present emerge: tattoos, pop symbols, childish and commercial elements that coexist with the cross and with the attitude of prayer. The presence of Hello Kitty, butterflies, and insects introduces an ambiguous dimension, suspended between innocence, metamorphosis, and biological fragility. Nothing is decorative: every sign is a stratification of meaning, a cultural scar.
The painting gesture remains steady, figurative, almost classical, while the content moves on a critical and contemporary plane. The work questions the human need to sacralize images and suggests that, in our time, pop icons have assumed the role that once belonged to saints: figures to worship, consume, sacrifice.
This Marilyn-Madonna does not seek veneration or scandal. It asks for silence. It is a work that speaks of displaced faith, of altered devotion, of a sacred thing that has not disappeared but has changed its face.
A work with strong symbolic impact, aimed at collectors who pay attention to contemporary figurative painting and to the dialogue between spirituality, pop culture, and image criticism.
Final protective coating
Certificate of authenticity
To avoid further polluting the world and contribute to an ecological choice, I will use recycled cardboard. The small step towards a clean world starts with each individual. A responsible choice for everyone.
You can see the video that details the painting and the various stages of creation on my Instagram profile nush_artwork, or on my website, https://nushart.com.
Includes a certificate of authenticity and is shipped with careful packaging in a tube.
Simple frame as a gift.
Seller's Story
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Artist
Nush Menna
Sold with frame
No
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Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
MM-MADONNA
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of Origin
Italy
Year
2025
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
100 cm
Width
70 cm
Weight
0.2 kg
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
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