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Antonello Blandi

L’isola del tesoro

Paintings Acrylic on canvas Oil on canvas
Single artwork

€1.800,00

Description by the artist

This artwork is called L’isola del tesoro (the island of treasure). In the dreams of every Sicilian child there is  “a Lapa” (motoape in italian), a magic means of transport more than a flying carpet, who knows why they called it that way: “Ape” (bee) . Perhaps because of its hissing sound in the steep climbs. Inside those three wheels, Sicily used to sell its ice-creams with scorzanera and cinnamon at the exit of the schools and hot panelle (chickpea fritters) and croquettes were served in many corners of the streets. Three wheels like wings (Lorenzo Matassa).

Details and dimensions

Dimensions (cm): Height 80, Width 80
Handcrafted in Sicily

The artwork in the Sicilian culture

By the Governance of Sicilian Artisan Foundation

In this artwork, as if it were a book of Sicilian tales: the moto ape, l’aasu ri mazze (Sicilian for ace of clubs), the sun and the sea. Welcome to Sicily. Blandi’s artworks are characterized by this gumminess that seems to want to accentuate the richness of history, traditions and culture of the island, heritages of which Sicily is so rich that they must become gummy, in Blandi’s vision, to enter all into a  canvas.

(photo) The panelle vendor with his motoape-kitchen in Palermo

Graphic designer

Antonello Blandi

"Art is everything that our heart know show to express and make pleasant to those who admire it; there are those who succeed with a red dot on a blue background, there are those who do it by painting infinite details on a canvas. Lucky is the one who receives the highest recognition of his talents, knowing how to have fun in composing his creations".

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