I mori bianchi
€170,00 – €230,00
Description by the artist
Immortality, faithfulness and purity … only ivy could represent the possibility to change the destiny of the Moors. The unknown of a legend between love and passion … if he stayed, if she didn’t kill him, if the ending could be changed. Print on canvas in black and white with hand intervention with acrylic brushstrokes. Limited edition, signed and numbered by hand.
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The artwork in the Sicilian culture
The Moor’s Heads are a classic representation of artistic Sicily. The Moors bring us back to the Arab domination in Sicily (IX-XI century). The Muslim period lasted almost two centuries but it is the one that has left the biggest imprint, probably, in the rich history of Sicily. Not so much in the monuments (very few) but in the daily life, in the etymology of many words, in the dialect, in the uses and customs. Moors are typical figures which come into play very often in Sicilian culture as for example in the Opera the Puppetsor in the legend of the Moor’s heads. They tell of a legend in which a beautiful Sicilian fell in love with an Arab at the time that they reigned in Sicily (IX-XI century), being betrayed by the Moor, she beheaded him in his sleep and hung his head, as if it were a vase, on the balcony, also adorning it with a fragrant basil plant that aroused the admiration of unsuspecting bystanders. In a certain sense, the Arabs have never left Sicily.
(photo) The Opera dei Pupi