Magdalene Laundry Images

Drawings of the Pines, Convent of the Good Shepherd, a MAGDALENE LAUNDRY in South Australia (1941-1974). These drawings document Romero's experience as a fourteen-year-old runaway. Here girls were forced to work in prison conditions without pay. Authorities failed to regulate or inspect these institutions where young women suffered forced labor under the rule of silence, physical and emotional abuse that left a legacy for survivors to overcome. 28x22 mixed media.on rag paper. The artist is now at work on a series documenting the aftermath of this experience.