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Giuseppa Matraxia

Sicilian Folklore

Paintings Acrylic on canvas
Single artwork

€2.000,00

Description by the artist

In this work I was inspired by the beautiful horses that are festivily harnessed and that arouse so much fascination around the world, the borders of the horses are true works of art, tell of popular traditions of our Sicily.

Details and dimensions

Materials: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions (cm): Height 90, Width 80
Handcrafted in Sicily

The artwork in the Sicilian culture

By the Governance of Sicilian Artisan Foundation

This horse can only be Sicilian! It is typically dressed for a feast. It has the giummi (Sicilian for Pompon), it is very colorful, it also has the symbol of Sicily, the Trinacria (a female head from which three legs start and with hair made of ears of corn), on its head. It can also be seen a part of a Sicilian cart, another great symbol of Sicilian popular culture.

(photo) Sicilian wearing folklorik clothes, 1930

Painting

Giuseppa Matraxia

"Art has always represented the evolution of our civilization in all its forms. Each artist represents it’s time and espresses himself through a personal language that springs from feelings, emotions, desires, dream like visions"

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