"Down and Dirty 2024

Dimensions: 100 x 130 cm

Medium: Spray paint and silkscreen on screen-print panel

Artist: Maximilian Wiedemann

A Renaissance virgin reimagined through a 21st-century lens. “Down and Dirty” is where classical grace collides with downtown grit.

Maximilian Wiedemann doesn’t just remix history—he spray-paints across it. The subject, reminiscent of Raphael’s Madonnas, wears innocence on her sleeve, but not for long. Dripping with irony and silver scrawl, her purity is subverted by the bold tag: DOWN AND DIRTY — a statement that rewrites the rules of femininity, power, and perception.

The result is a fierce contradiction: sacred meets street. High art meets high voltage. It’s not defacement—it’s defiance.

This piece isn’t here to blend in. It’s here to start conversations, provoke reactions, and reframe the way we view icons—old and new.