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La milinciana tunisina (Purple eggplant) print - 2022 edition

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Image of La milinciana tunisina (Purple eggplant) print - 2022 edition
  • Image of La milinciana tunisina (Purple eggplant) print - 2022 edition
  • Image of La milinciana tunisina (Purple eggplant) 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.

Purple eggplant
Another east and south Asian import, and in Palermo best known in its purple, white and black livery: tunisina. Though not exclusively: there’s a huge variety in size, shape and colouration. The linguistic origins of the name suggest both Persian and Arabic origins as they were brought from south and central Asia. In Italian, it is thought the name came from medieval Latin as melongena, from the older Latin mela insana—mad apple—perhaps linked to the effects of uncooked seeds. From the Arabic (al)-bāninjān, the Catalan albergínia, English ended up with aubergine via the French. Or “eggplant” for God’s sake!

La milinciana tunisina
I milinciani vennu ri l’Innia e foru purtati cca ri l’arabi ca i chiamavanu “badigian”. L’italiani prima i chiamaru “petonciana” e dipoi “melangiana”. I catalani e i francisi i
cuntinuanu a chiamalli a tipu arabu “alberginia e aubergine”. Ci nni sunnu ri tanti formi e di tanti culura, grossi, tunni, allungati, curti, nichi e granni viola, quasi nivuri e puru bianchi, ‘mPalermu chiddi grossi e tunni vennu chiamati “tunisini”.

La melanzane viola
Un’altra importazione dall’est e dal sud dell’Asia, e a Palermo meglio conosciuta nella sua livrea viola, bianca e nera: tunisina. Sebbene non esclusivamente: c’è un’enorme
varietà di misure, forme e colorazioni. Le origini linguistiche del nome suggeriscono
origini sia persiane che arabe, poiché erano state portate dal sud e dall’Asia centrale. In italiano, si pensa che il nome provenga dal latino medievale melongena, dal latino antico mela insana—mela folle—forse collegato agli effetti dei semi non cotti. Dall’arabo (al)- bāninjān, dal catalano albergínia, l’inglese alla fine approda con aubergine, dal francese. O con “eggplant” perdio! Le melanzane sono originarie dall’India e furono importate in Europa nel 4° secolo dagli arabi che le chiamavano “badigian”. In Italia, prima fu dato il nome di “petonciana” e poi “melangiana”. I Catalani e Francesi continuano a chiamarla col nome simile a quello arabo aggiunto dell’articolo “alberginia e aubergine”. Esistono tantissime varietà di forme e colori,
quelle grosse, tondeggianti, viola scuro uniforme o con fascie chiare, a Palermo vengono chiamate “tunisine”.