I pipareddi rrussi (Red chillies) 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.

Red chilies
The contribution to world food from South America is immense: tomatoes, potatoes
among them, but perhaps no more than peppers such as chilies from the Solanaceae
family. It was these pipareddi, wrapped in gold ribbon, given to me by Pasquale Sampino that first captured my imagination in the Vucciria market of Palermo.

I pipareddi rrussi
Ri quannu si scupriu l’America, tanti cosi novi ri manciari, ca prima ‘un si cunuscevanu,
si sparsiru nna tuttu u munnu: pumaroru, patati, ma forsi nenti accussì bbonu comu i
pipi, tutta sta rrobba, a quantu rìcinu cu si nni senti, appartennu a stessa famigghia. Ma foru sti pipareddi rrussi attaccati c’un nastrinu duratu, ca mi retti Pasquali ca mi fici scatinari a fantasia o mircatu da Vucciria ri Palermu.

I peperoncini rossi
Il contributo che il Sud America ha dato con i suoi nuovi cibi a tutto il mondo è immenso, fra questi: pomodori, patate, ma forse nulla di buono come i peperoni, questi appartengono alla famiglia delle Solanaceae. Sono stati questi peperoncini rossi legati con una fettuccia dorata, datimi da Pasquale Sampino che hanno
catturato la mia immaginazione al mercato della Vucciria di Palermo.