Question about LAP

[Fabiolous 5,488]

"The cover art features hippy beads and her crotch in jeans. This image is a nod to her mother, a devout Catholic of French-Canadian stock, who covered up their Sacred Heart statue when a woman came round the house wearing zip-up jeans." 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/mar/30/we-argued-a-lot-inside-the-making-of-madonna-stormy-divorce-album

Do we have a source for this?? 

 

[PlayPause 2,675]

3 hours ago, I don't search I find said:

"The cover art features hippy beads and her crotch in jeans. This image is a nod to her mother, a devout Catholic of French-Canadian stock, who covered up their Sacred Heart statue when a woman came round the house wearing zip-up jeans." 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/mar/30/we-argued-a-lot-inside-the-making-of-madonna-stormy-divorce-album

Do we have a source for this?? 

 

Well The Guardian looks like a pretty reliable source per se.

[Fabiolous 5,488]

30 minutes ago, discohub said:

Well The Guardian looks like a pretty reliable source per se.

Not when it comes to things like this. Does this come from something Madonna said? Or Herb Ritts? You can't call it an homage unless it was actually intended to be by the artist 

[Enrico 15,788]

They are quoting Pat Leonard, Donna.

I didn't know anything about it but honestly this sounds like the best explanation for such an atypical album cover.

[Fighter 28,797]

Never heard of that but I love it if it's true 

[artlover 3,925]

It's in Lucy O'Brien's book as well. I recall being quite shocked, in awe actually.

[somethingscomingover 428]

So interesting! It's one of her most unique, aesthetically pleasing covers by far! I love how almost everything she does is symbolic of her experiences, her life.

[Bobo 1,218]

I recall reading the album cover, as well as the Express Yourself zipper sleeve, being a humourous response to the 1971 sleeve for Sticky Fingers by the Rolling Stones, shot by Andy Warhol. Something along the lines of "if a man can do it, why can't I?"

 

P.S. - notice where the "O" in Madonna is placed on the Express Yourself sleeve :O 

[deathproof 10,555]

22 hours ago, PatrickSamuel said:

I recall reading the album cover, as well as the Express Yourself zipper sleeve, being a humourous response to the 1971 sleeve for Sticky Fingers by the Rolling Stones, shot by Andy Warhol. Something along the lines of "if a man can do it, why can't I?"

 

P.S. - notice where the "O" in Madonna is placed on the Express Yourself sleeve :O 

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