The Graces – Eve
10 in / 25,5 cm
Eve is the typical strong woman, one who always knows what to do and when to do it.
Like a pillar on which rests an entire future generation, she is sitting very straight, in a pose that is simple yet studied. Her left hand, holding an apple, is resting on her bent knee. Her body is leaning against the other arm, and her hand is resting behind her on the ground.
Naked in front of a bowl of apples, she is calmly eating the fruit of knowledge because she is powerful and can assume the consequences. Eve has seen it all.
The overall effect is somewhat similar to a Japanese print in which the elimination of lines gives the impression that only power is emanating from the sculpture.
Anecdote
While making this sculpture, I was thinking of Ms. Lise Payette, a beautiful woman of great renown in Quebec.
In 1997, I got a phone call from Ms. Janette Bertrand, the prolific Quebec writer. She was writing a TV movie on obsession with weight. In the film, a woman on her nth diet meets a sculptor who will help her see her own beauty.
Albert Millaire plays the sculptor and Pauline Lapointe plays the role of the woman tortured by her weight. The sculptor in the story has a predilection for big women.
I produced five sculptures for this movie. I truly wanted to meet this challenge, to finally show that sensuality does not belong only to the skinny.
Treatment
Bronze (10in/25.5cm). The skin is treated with ferric nitrate. The hair and bowl are black, the hat is white, and the apples are red and green.
A series of eight and four artist’s proofs.
