Eve and the Peacock

In this silkscreen scroll, Wallace chose to depict the biblical figure of Eve as strong and fearless. Despite the Bible’s moralizing lesson about sin originating with Eve’s bite of a forbidden fruit, Wallace’s Eve does not appear regretful or ashamed, as she does in other historical artworks. She instead stares straight back at the viewer, with the snake, a symbol of temptation, wrapped around her neck and the infamous apple displayed cheekily within her grip.