U pircoca (The apricot) 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.

The apricot
Cultivated in China from 4000 years ago, the Greeks and Romans referred to them
as “armeniaca” as they were thought to have been introduced to Europe from Armenia. They were first grown in Sicily in the Etna region. The Albicocco di Scillata (Scillatu), from a town in the east of Palermo province is officially designated on the “list of traditional Sicilian products”.

U pircoca
Si canuscianu ‘n Cina quattrumila anni ‘nnarrieri, i grieçi e i rrumani a sapianu cu
avutru nnomi, picchì eranu cumminti ca vinevanu ri l’Armenia. Nne nuatri a prima
vota si chiantaru vicinu u Mungibeddu a Catania. I pircochi o varcochi, è a stissa
cosa, ri Scillatu, a livanti di Palermu, sunnu ricunusciuti comu i megghiu ra Sicilia.

L’albicocca
Coltivate in Cina da circa 4000 anni, i greci e i romani le descrissero come “armeniaca”, poiché avevano ritenuto che fossero state introdotte in Europa dall’Armenia. Furono coltivate per la prima volta in Sicilia nella
zona dell’Etna. L’Albicocca di Scillato, un paese ad est della provincia di Palermo,
è ufficialmente designata nella “lista dei prodotti tradizionali siciliani”.