Recently :
march 16th to 21th, 2024, Les origines de la vie, Association Métamorphoses, Espace Michel Frérot, Thaon (Normandie, France)
november 15th (2024) to january 10th 2025, Réalité art actuel in Pré-Bocage Normand "Rétrospective 2014/2024", Micro-folie, Maison citoyenne et Médiathèque de Caumont-sur-Aure
Eve(s)
This series essentially declined in triptych of two different formats
- on the left “take the fruit”
- in the center "hesitate" and
- on the right "to give up not without regret
allows by a playful aspect of many installations. Almost kinetic, it invites the viewer to make their own film.
It resonates sadly with the destiny of Afghan women, and with all those who seek to be hidden under veils, under immodest skin, under artificial words, by groups which freeze the texts and lock women in their flesh or question their right to abortion.
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Lena h. Coms, The temptation of Hélène (portrait as Eve), acrylic on canvas, 70 x 100 cm, 2011. (private collection)
In the middle is the one who doubts, on the left the one who made the choice to take, on the right, the one who made the choice to give up but who still looks with envy.
if Eve I is consumed by fear, Eve II is proud, proud to have made this choice (but did she really?)
"Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden. God and Jesus came to talk to them. There were many trees in the garden. God said that Adam and Eve could eat the fruit of all the trees except one."
(Genesis 3:8; 2:16, 17)
"Satan said the fruit was very good. He told Eve he would give her wisdom. She would know good and evil. Eve decided to eat the fruit."
(Genesis 3:4, 6)
What interests me the most with Eve is the guilt, the doubt. The one who will decide our whole life, and who governs our whole society.
She is both the symbol of the first woman and the first femme fatale. She is the one who chooses wisdom, education, and thus leaves the realm of childhood.
Adam and Eve were not to have white skin. White skin is a genetic evolution. The first men from the Afro-Caucasian basin (let's be wide) were more likely of African type than Swedish.
Genesis would have been mistranslated, Eve would not descend from Adam's rib, but would be at his side, implying an equal sharing of humanity (and its guilt). Thus, the patriarchal-virilistic tradition of our Judeo-Christian society is unfounded (the same goes for the three monotheistic religions). Translations resulting from a fear of women. The habit of pronouncing the name of Adam before that of Eve reveals male dominance.
Let us add the words of Pacôme Thiellement: "they are condemned because God is jealous" (alternative Genesis), France Culture, "Mauvais Genre" presented by François Angelier, December 29, 2018, At the gates of Eden: Claude Schopp, Pacôme Thiellement. Where we also learn the true identity of the model of the Origin of the world (Courbet), a discreet woman.
Horseshoe device around Penelope's yurt during the festival1,2,3 women at the Cultural and Sports Crossroads of Mondeville (March 2023). Exhibition of three artists alongsideRose Warda and D'aliducha aliducha.
