La nespula (Loquat) 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.

Loquat
I hadn’t seen these since I was a kid, and beautiful seeing tray after tray of this sweet fruit in the markets of Palermo. Originally from China, they have spread to much of the
rest of the world over the last 3000 years. The word loquat is of Chinese origin, nespula from the Ancient Greek. Nespolino is an liqueur made from the seeds of the loquat fruit. It has bitter taste similar to other Italian seed-based bitter liqueurs such as amaretto and nocino.

La nespula
Avia ri quannu era nicu c’on vireva i nespuli, fu tantu bellu quannu potti viriri i cascittina una supra all’avutra cu sti frutti, tantu ruci, nne mircati ri Palermu. All’urigini nascinu ‘nta la luntana Cina tri mila anni passati. Ri l’ossa, sapennuli cunzari, si fa un rrosolio bbonu a tipu ri amaru comu chiddu chi si fa chi nuci.

La nespola
Non le vedevo da quando ero bambino, ed è stato bellissimo vedere cassette su cassette di questo frutto dolcissimo nei mercati di Palermo. Originarie della Cina, si sono diffuse molto nel resto del mondo negli ultimi 3000 anni. La parola loquat è di origine Chinese, nespula dal greco antico. Nespolino è un liquore fatto con i semi della
nespola. Ha un sapore aspro simile ad altri liquori italiani asprigni fatti con i semi, come l’amaretto e il nocino.