Project: “Eve”
“Sisterhood of the light” Collective Exhibition
Gallery: Baubo Gallery. El Masnou (Catalonia, Spain)
Technique: Spray paint and acrylic paint
Year: 2024
Canvas for “Sisterhood of the light / Goddesses & Monsters” Collective Exhibition in Baubo Gallery. Artists: Maga, Bubbles, Turkesa , Amalgamuda, Ani Murasaki, Susy Broullon and Ellen Holmes.
Painting inspired by the story of Eve in the Bible (my references are mostly from art history).
This female figure is depicted as the culprit of all the pain and evil in humanity because she ate the fruit of the forbidden tree. God allowed her and Adan to do whatever they wanted in paradise except to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If they ate from this tree, they would have the same knowledge as God.
So Eve was the first rebel, she wanted to know. It is said that the snake tempted her to eat the fruit (in some ancient cultures snakes were the guardians of knowledge). So here she shows her tongue with a piece of fruit in it. This is an act of rebellion and shows that she doesn’t regret it. It is also a reference to the goddess Kali, creator and destroyer. It could also be seen in another way as her taking something that makes her open her mind to the cosmos .
In this galaxy, the planets revolve around the moon instead of the sun. In ancient cultures, the moon was usually associated with feminine energy.
In this case she is showing her breast through her hair. This character is usually depicted hiding it behind her hair, as if it were something to be ashamed of. You can also appreciate the milk flowing through the nipple, as she is supposed to be the mother of mankind. This is my own representation of her story, mixed with other stories of female characters throughout the cultures.