A pullanchella (Maize) print - 2022 edition

2022 limited edition print from the 2016 Wealth of the Land exhibition.

Created from the streets of La Vucciria market in Palermo 2014-2016, these prints celebrate the fruit and vegetables of the streets. The markets, established by Arabs more than 1200 years ago sell seasonal, mostly regionally grown in Sicily.

Each of the images in the show were hand drawn digital images, based on a series of photographs taken from different angles and light sources. They each took from 40-60 hours to make.

The work in Wealth of the Land was exhibited in Palermo, Darwin, Melbourne and Sydney

Limited edition print of 19
30cm x 30cm / 45cm x 45cm
Digital print on Ilford paper
Unframed

A pdf of the Wealth of the Land catalogue will be emailed to you on purchase.

Maize
A favourite street food as corn on the cob during the July period of the festival for Palermo’s patron saint, Santa Rosalia. Maize was domesticated in Mexico 9000 years
ago from which it spread throughout the Americas. The Spanish and Portuguese
brought it to Europe and east Asia in the 15th and 16th centuries.

A pullanchella
I pullanchelli si vinninu pi’ strata pi tutta a ‘stati e si mancianu puru pu’ “Fistinu”. Fu
purtata ‘nta l’Europa doppu ca fu scuperta l’America, e foru i spagnoli e i purtughisi.

La pannocchia
Uno dei cibi da strada preferiti, la pannocchia durante il periodo di luglio per la festa del Patrono di Palermo, Santa Rosalia. La pannocchia fu coltivata 9000 anni fa in Messico da dove si è diffusa in tutta le Americhe. Gli spagnoli e i portoghesi la potarono in Europa e nell’Asia dell’est nel XV e XVI secolo.