"Cloves". Collection "The Battle of the spice" Drawing

Originating from the Molucca Islands (Indonesia), they grew only on one of them, Ternate: in 1602 Ternate was under the complete control of the Dutch, who had founded the East India Company. The Dutch kept the location of supply secret, burning all contraband plantations and setting a strict export limit. Only one of these smuggled trees miraculously managed to survive: it was called the "Afo" tree and grew at the foot of the Gamalama volcano on the island of Ternate. In 1770, the French missionary Pierre Poivre removed the seeds from this tree and brought them to Africa, to Zanzibar and the Seychelles: since then, one of the major suppliers of cloves, together with the Moluccas, has become the coral island of Pemba in East Africa, and the Dutch lost their monopoly on cloves. This drawing was presented at two of my solo exhibitions entitled "The Battle of the Spices": in February and March 2023 at the Museo del Presente in Rende and at the Pinacoteca Provinciale di Potenza in October 2023. One of the works in this series was acquired for the Pinakothek collection.

Drawing:Marker on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:27.5 W x 19.6 H x 0.1 D in

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