THE FRUIT OF EDEN
on view february 3 – march 16, 2007
GAVROCHE
212 w 14 st new york city

“The recent paintings instinctively evolved from my single apple still life paintings of 2004-05 (“Granny Smith Apple” in this exhibit is from the earlier work). Having initially been compelled by the simple sculptural form and color of the fruit, my focus and execution of those earlier paintings resulted in my viewing the apple form in a much more profound light, particularly related to its visible core, its prime center. Those compositions, the simple apple with the visible heart core, became symbolic for me of us as human beings.

My personal frustration with the current state of the hatred that exists between the three major Western religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam), all descendent of the Eden mythology, prompted me to revisit this issue of the symbolic core: I broke the core open, exposed it, divided it, removed it, sliced it. By partaking of the forbidden fruit, we became aware, we moved from innocence and bliss to corrupting and dominating fear.”

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