EVA S. XXI

Original painting by A.Silván

• Acrylic on canvas
• Size: 114 x 146 cm
• Year: 2025
• Certificate of authenticity

Artist description:
This work is an artistic reinterpretation of original sin brought to the present day. In essence, the artist invites us to reflect on our use of technology.
In Genesis 3:5 the serpent says to Eve: “The thing is that God knows that in the moment you eat, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowers of good and evil.” Eve, seduced by the promise of absolute knowledge, bites into the forbidden fruit.
Here, that fruit becomes a cell phone: a desirable, attractive, and shiny object, capable of offering us unlimited access to knowledge and connection. But, as in the biblical myth, what promises light can also bring shadow: it enslaves us, invites us to constant comparison and external validation, giving us the illusion of visibility that sometimes separates us from the real world, from silence, from connection with ourselves, our people, and our surroundings. This is reflected in the work through the cracks in the phone, creating a division between these two aspects.
We have access to everything, without restrictions. This work reminds us that the real dilemma isn't the object itself, but how we use it.
Like Eve in front of the tree, each of us must decide, again and again, which fruit to bite.

Symbolism:
   – Eva: A woman who displays a defiant, eager, and curious attitude. She is aware of the risks she faces.
   – Broken mobile: fruit and temptation at the same time (message/notification).
   – Background: Dramatic and dark. Greenish in tone, reminiscent of the Garden of Eden, but also of hope.