Skarstedt is pleased to announce our latest exhibition, Cristina BanBan: 14th Street Madonna with one of our favorite painters and past Juxtapoz cover aritst. The word “Madonna” has many origins and connotations. Tracing its roots to the Latin mea domina, or “my mistress,” which is the feminine form of dominus, or “master,” it took further shape in the old Italian ma donna, or “lady.” Within these phrases lies a duality of the soft feminine lady and the more dominant dame or madam. This juxtaposition of the many faces of femininity, seen through the lens of contemporary society, binds together the new works on view.