Garden of Eden

Abstract:

‘The Garden of Eden’ is a bold interpretation of God’s Garden wherein the floral and trees are an imagined species of hybrids. The colourful blossoms of Spring represents the beauty that the floral of life offers while the almagated body parts represents the hedonistic nature of paradise. Illustrated with reference to the style of bontanical illustrations, this piece is an introduction to various new species of Chimeras that are meant to represent the dualistic nature of all things alluring; seemingly innocent yet not quite so. What nature tries to hide we might never know and it might be beyond scicence but we can always take a guess.

Conceptualisation:

Initially I wanted to explore the skeletal structures of plants or giving them internal organs as I feel like that would be fun to explore. As I did my moodboard, the works of artist Bill Crisafi inspired me as his works combined human faces with flowers and I found it intriguing how they looked so unnatural yet so beautiful in a way. Hence, I wanted to explore the idea of a garden that looks beautiful from afar but happens to house body parts in the flowers and floral parts when one looks closer. But the beauty does not diminish and hence I imagined and understood it to be alike the Garden of Eden where it is a place of both sin and beauty. The flowers that bloom then represents the beauty while the body parts represents something wicked and unnatural.

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