Anna Banana - “El jardín”

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Holds a bachelor’s degree in art history and led modern and contemporary post-war art at Bonhams.

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Anna Banana, original contemporary mixed media artwork titled 'El jardín', 140 x 140 cm, acrylic and pencil on canvas, signed by hand, in excellent condition, created after 2020 in Spain.

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This landscape is born from the tale of Adam and Eve; it does not depict sin as violent rupture, but the moment when the human being becomes aware of himself.
The jungle in shades of green and pink symbolizes living, pulsating Creation, still beautiful. The garden does not disappear.
It remains fertile, it remains light. But something has become deeper: it is no longer innocence, it is experience.
The stopped boat speaks of the crossing. Adam and Eve are no longer in the same inner place. They have awakened. They have crossed a threshold. The boat does not sail because it represents that suspended moment in which the human being understands his own nakedness, his vulnerability, his longing for infinity.
In the center a pink sun burns. That sun is God who remains.
Not as punishment, but as a silent presence.
Although the human being hides, the light does not hide.
The garden does not close completely; it transforms.
This work speaks of the first dissonance of the human heart, but also of the first gesture of mercy, because even after error, Creation remains Illuminated.

Technique: acrylic and pencil on canvas

This landscape is born from the tale of Adam and Eve; it does not depict sin as violent rupture, but the moment when the human being becomes aware of himself.
The jungle in shades of green and pink symbolizes living, pulsating Creation, still beautiful. The garden does not disappear.
It remains fertile, it remains light. But something has become deeper: it is no longer innocence, it is experience.
The stopped boat speaks of the crossing. Adam and Eve are no longer in the same inner place. They have awakened. They have crossed a threshold. The boat does not sail because it represents that suspended moment in which the human being understands his own nakedness, his vulnerability, his longing for infinity.
In the center a pink sun burns. That sun is God who remains.
Not as punishment, but as a silent presence.
Although the human being hides, the light does not hide.
The garden does not close completely; it transforms.
This work speaks of the first dissonance of the human heart, but also of the first gesture of mercy, because even after error, Creation remains Illuminated.

Technique: acrylic and pencil on canvas

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Artist
Anna Banana
Sold with frame
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Edition
Original
Title of artwork
“El jardín”
Technique
Mixed media
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Spain
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
140 cm
Width
140 cm
Weight
5 g
Depiction/theme
Religion
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
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