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Saint Javelin – There are thousands of news articles about or mentioning Saint Javelin. The following articles tell the story of the image’s viral rise from Chris Shaw’s “Madonna Kalashnikov” painting into a global symbol of Ukrainian resistance and the incredible fundraising for Ukraine done by SaintJavelin.com and Christian Borys.
NATO: ‘The Story of Saint Javelin’ – North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 2024
Catholic Church of Germany: ‘Icon parody becomes the patron saint of Ukrainian soldiers’, 2023 (German)
Globe and Mail: ‘Saint Javelin’ becomes a striking and lucrative icon of Ukraine’s resistance‘, 2023
New York Times: ‘Ukraine’s War Efforts Gain an Unlikely Source of Funding: Memes’, 2022
Washington Post: ‘How the St. Javelin meme raised a million dollars for Ukraine’, 2022
Kyiv Independent: ‘Iconic’ Saint Javelin helps fundraise over $1 million for Ukraine, 2022
Sky News: ‘Ukraine war: Giant mural of Saint Javelin meme painted in Kyiv outrages church organisation’, 2022
National WWI Museum and Memorial: ‘Original Saint Javelin painting by Chris Shaw to be exhibited at the National WWI Museum and Memorial’, 2022
BBC: ‘How ‘Saint Javelin’ raised over $1m for Ukraine’, 2022
The Rock Poster Society: ‘Mr. Madonna: An Interview With Chris Shaw’, 2013
Boing Boing: ‘Chris Shaw re-imagines the Madonna at SFMOMA’, 2013 – by Ben Marks
Rolling Stone and German music press photos. In 2001 Rolling Stone Magazine (De) named Chris Shaw ‘Artist of the Year’, subsequently, Shaw designed several covers for Rolling Stone’s ‘New Voices’ CD series which were distributed with the magazine.
