I spàraci (Asparagus) 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.

Asparagus
Asparagus has been around as food and medicine for at least 5000 years in the Mediterranean region, with the vegetable depicted on an Egyptian frieze from 3000BC, and was commonly eaten in ancient Greek and Roman times. A recipe for cooking asparagus is in the oldest surviving book of recipes, Apicius’ third-century AD De re coquinaria. The spring asparagus in the Vucciria is a welcome sign of warmer weather on its way.

I spàraci
I spàraci s’hannu sempre canusciutu sia comu manciari ca comu miricamentu, ca puru ri l’antichi rrumani. Si ponnu fari ri diversi maneri e quannu arrivanu o mircatu voli riri ca sta arrivannu a primavera.

Gli asparagi
L’asparago è stato utilizzato sia come cibo che in medicina per almeno 5000 anni nell’area del Mediterraneo, con la verdura raffigurata in un fregio egiziano del 3000 avanti Cristo, ed era mangiato comunemente nella Grecia antica e ai tempi dei romani. Una ricetta per cucinare gli asparagi è contenuta nel più vecchio libro di ricette sopravvisuto, III secolo dopo Cristo Apicius De re coquinaria. Gli asparagi primaverili in Vucciria sono un segno di benvenuto in vista di un clima più caldo.