U pipittuni (Citron) 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.

Citron
A large misshapen lemon-looking fruit, but sweet here in Sicily—and certainly not a
lemon! Brought into the middle east and Greece from India in the days of Alexander the Great, then to Calabria and Sicily around 70 AD by Jews fleeing Jerusalem. The skin is harvested for oils used in making liqueurs and then candied for sweets, especially around Easter. The very thick pith is used in salads, or by itself, sometimes seasoned with sugar or salt.

U pipittuni
U pipittuni pari un limiuni grossu grossu ma ca scorcia tutta arrappata, ma nunn’è agru, anzi è dduci. L’urigini su tantu antichi e ri luntanu ca pari ca’ lavissi purtatu Lisciannu lu Granni. Ra scorcia si fannu rrosoli e puri s’incileppanu e a pizzuddicchi si mettinu ‘nne cosi ruçi e ‘nna rricotta ra cassata a Pasqua. A pappa è assai spissa e dduci ca si pò manciari accussì com’è o cu sali o u zzuccaru.

Il cedro
Questo frutto che sembra un grande limone, anziché essere aspro è dolce! Importato nel Medio Oriente e in Grecia dall’India durante l’era di Alessandro Magno e in Calabria e in Sicilia attorno al 70 d.C. dagli ebrei fuggitivi da Gerusalemme. La buccia è utilizzata per preparare liquori e canditi per dolci, specialmente nel periodo di Pasqua. La parte bianca, molto spessa, è si può mangiare da sola o condita con zucchero o sale.