László Hamori’s Madonna of the Forest (2013) is a striking oil painting that reimagines the Madonna and Child within a menacing, dystopian woodland. The Madonna, her halo ablaze with 18-karat gold leaf, cradles a child with precarious grace, set against a brooding forest that pulses with primal threat. Hamori’s layered technique—charcoal underdrawings, oil glazes, and textured dotwork—creates a visceral surface, rich with emotional depth. The cape’s bold “1984” inscription, etched in gold, invokes Orwell’s specter of surveillance, positioning the divine feminine as a defiant beacon against technological tyranny. A masterful blend of sacred tradition and modern critique, this work grips with its haunting allegory, cementing Hamori’s prowess in navigating humanity’s spiritual fault lines.