Artwork: Moder jord med Adam och Eva

Lena Lervik’s art is
associated with pictures of the Madonna, mythological mothers, fertility and
motherhood. So is this bronze sculpture, located at Finnveden High School.

This is a
reinterpretation of the paradise myth that depicts a Sumerian myth in which
Adam is created from the rib of a female deity. Here, the primordial mother
holds Adam and Eve in battle readiness around her breasts. The eternal battle
between the sexes is upon them.

Lena Lervik usually
works in traditional materials such as terracotta and bronze, but in the 1990s
she made a number of female sculptures from grass and peat. She studied at the
Ecole des Beaux Arts in Geneva, completed the sculpture programme at Konstfack (University
of Arts, Crafts and Design) and studied sculpture and graphics at the Academy
of Fine Arts, both in Stockholm. Purchased by the Municipality of Värnamo in
1986.