Hélène Litorelle
Forbidden fruit
2022

About the Item

Forbidden fruit We all know the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden. The biblical book of Genesis tells about how our foremother Eve tasted the fruit of the Tree, although it was strictly forbidden to her by God. So the creation shuffled the roles predetermined by the Creator, that is, it committed the fall. An impudent attempt to equate with God, defining the criteria of Good and Evil instead of Him, put man on the side of God's antagonist - the Devil. This demarche against the Creator had a beginning, but it still has no end: for thousands of years, individuals have given themselves unlimited rights to decide the destinies of other people. Unfortunately, this year emphasizes this especially clearly - with the terrible specter of a nuclear explosion. At first glance, the presented artwork depicts the alma mater of human sin: already mentioned the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. However, it is worth taking a closer look, and the outline of a mushroom cloud is clearly visible in front of us, the top of which crowns the trunk with the burning Crimean bridge depicted on it. This bridge was built by the occupying power of Russia to connect its territory with the annexed Ukrainian peninsula. The radiation explosion, "created" from a newspaper clipping on the relevant topic, indicates the threat voiced by the usurping snake to destroy all living things in response to attempts to stop it. What awaits us because of such a frank opposition of Death (a nuclear strike) to Life (a fruitful tree), destruction to creation? At the top of the tree/nuclear cloud we see flowers. There are many of them, all of them of different sizes, but equally colorful and lush. Humanity, putting aside differences, must unite for a common goal: to protect life on Earth by taking from the followers of the Devil what belongs only to God.

Creator:

Hélène Litorelle (1987)

Creation Year:

2022

Dimensions:

Height: 20.87 in (53 cm)Width: 16.93 in (43 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)

Medium:

Magazine Paper

Period:

2010-

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