The Fall
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Oil on panel, 30x25 cm
Whilst differing interpretations exist within Christian doctrine, most agree the Eden narrative in the book of Genesis is charged with symbolism. Adam and Eve are the image of humanity falling from a divine proto-utopia, to a broken, mediated existence of separation. The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil the real crux of the story, embodying everything for which humanity rejected God. The single instant of eating from the fruit is conceivably the most significant event in human history (literally or figuratively depending on your own hermeneutical preference) and thus it is the moment depicted in The Fall. By conflating the Apple logo with the fruit, this painting suggests the archetype of the late-capitalist consumer products has become the very root of spiritual disobedience. Societal valuation of material wealth above all else, numbs those who engage to any provocation of the divine. Contemporary consumer culture is the new utopian dream. It makes grand claims of personal freedom, ubiquitous luxury and immediate satiation of desire; it looks the innocent flower, but is in reality the serpent come to tempt away from gospel living.
/u/idontknowwhattopaint
Oil on panel, 30x25 cm
Whilst differing interpretations exist within Christian doctrine, most agree the Eden narrative in the book of Genesis is charged with symbolism. Adam and Eve are the image of humanity falling from a divine proto-utopia, to a broken, mediated existence of separation. The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil the real crux of the story, embodying everything for which humanity rejected God. The single instant of eating from the fruit is conceivably the most significant event in human history (literally or figuratively depending on your own hermeneutical preference) and thus it is the moment depicted in The Fall. By conflating the Apple logo with the fruit, this painting suggests the archetype of the late-capitalist consumer products has become the very root of spiritual disobedience. Societal valuation of material wealth above all else, numbs those who engage to any provocation of the divine. Contemporary consumer culture is the new utopian dream. It makes grand claims of personal freedom, ubiquitous luxury and immediate satiation of desire; it looks the innocent flower, but is in reality the serpent come to tempt away from gospel living.