I cipudda scalogn (Shallots) print - 2022 edition

2022 limited edition prints 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.

Shallots
These were given to me by Ignazio d’Alessandro from the stall in Vucciria he has operated for many decades: he is both an intrinsic part of the markets today, as well as its history. And the shallots looked and tasted beautiful! The name in palermitano is drawn from Vulgar Latin escalonia, the Italian from a late Latin source: cepulla.

I cipudda scalognu
Chisti mi detti ‘Gnaziu ca avi ‘na vancaredda a Vucciria unni ci travagghia ri tant’anni:
iddu, oggi, è unu ri cchiù antichi putiara ru mircatu e sapi tanti stori. I cipuddi sunni
belli e sapurusi! ‘npalirmitanu si chiamanu accussì picchì a quantu pari l’antichi nostri li
chiamavanu cu’ nomu chi c’assimigghia.

I cipollotti
Questi mi furono dati da Ignazio d’Alessandro che ha una bancarella alla Vucciria dove lavora da molti decenni: oggi lui è un personaggio tipico di questo mercato e conosce bene la sua storia. I cipollotti sono belli da vedersi e buoni da mangiare! in italiano dal tardo latino: cepulla.