Description
He drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden.
He placed the Cherubim with a flaming sword, which turned every way,
to guard the way to the tree of life.Taken from Genesis 3:24, at the top left of the image is God’s Cherubim Angel, sword in hand, pointing at a fleeing Adam and Eve. The two run naked from the Angel and out of the Garden Of Eden, a blissful world shown in a kaleidoscope of bright colors and patterns.
John August Swanson’s 2016 giclee, ADAM AND EVE, revisits one of the artist’s earliest paintings from 1969. Enlarged in size and re-imagined in vivid colors, the new artwork is also enhanced with additional details and embellishments. To protect the image from ultraviolet light, a glossy UV-varnish was silk-screened over the artwork.
History Of The Image
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ADAM AND EVE- History of the Image
I wanted to keep the original sense of playfulness and movement from my earlier works. The image had made an impression on me.
I wanted to both recapture my initial experience of creating the artwork, and add greater intensity to the work.
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Various Renditions of
ADAM AND EVE
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ADAM AND EVE
1969, Sgraffito
This black and white reproduction of my original sgraffito was used on Howard Schwartz’s 1976 book, Midrashim.
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Detail from ECCLESIASTES
1973, Hand Colored Black and White Serigraph
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Detail from ECCLESIASTES
1989, Serigraph
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ADAM AND EVE
1969, Sgraffito with Hand-painted embellishments
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Detail from A VISIT
1995, Serigraph
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Detail from PROCESSION
2007, Serigraph
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Progression of the ADAM AND EVE Giclee
4″x5″ Film Transparency to Giclee
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4″x5″ Film Scan
Nov. 8, 2015
The unaltered scan of the archived film transparency from which the
ADAM AND EVE giclee was created.
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Early Digital Enhancements
Nov. 23, 2015
The first digital changes that were added to create the giclee edition.
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ADAM AND EVE
March 25, 2016
The final digital file, completed on
April 6, 2016.
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