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Unfolding Female
September 11, 2025 - September 14, 2025
Come see our next exhibition, Unfolding Female, at the future home of the Museo Italo Americano — 940 Battery Street, San Francisco.
This powerful exhibition by Lorenzo Brucia and Tricia Grame explores the symbolic connection between the Virgin Mary and ancient fertility goddesses, celebrating the enduring strength, compassion, and spiritual power of the feminine.
The Virgin Mary, venerated as the “Queen of Heaven,” shares deep cultural and spiritual ties with pre-Christian goddesses dating back to 25,000 BC. These ancient fertility figures, often carved from stone, represent the life-giving force, wisdom, and sacred role of women across millennia.
Lorenzo’s evocative photographs place Mary in wild, elemental landscapes, portraying her as a universal symbol of strength and unconditional love. Tricia’s primal stone sculptures appear unearthed from the earth itself — raw, organic forms honoring the maternal and the eternal feminine.
Together, their works offer a rich, emotional journey into the archetypal female — a story of compassion, equality, forgiveness, and peace.
“All Neolithic Goddess Symbols Lead to Mary.”
On view during the exhibition will also be Bufano’s Crucifix, one of the Museo’s most recent donations. This spiritual sculpture is a powerful symbol of Christ on the cross, stylized and abstract, yet deeply expressive of peace, unity, and love. In addition, visitors will have the opportunity to see Lorenzo Brucia’s other exhibition, Saint Francis of Assisi – Emotions of the Man.
Complimentary guest access is available exclusively to Premium Membership holders (which includes free admission for two guests) and higher-tier members (which includes admission for up to four guests). Members at other levels are warmly welcome to bring guests, who may purchase admission at the standard non-member rate.
