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The Sicilian Lovers Painting
Sweden
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 17.7 W x 15 H x 0.4 D in
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About The Artwork
Moorish Heads. The legend of the Moorish head goes back in the XI century, during the Moors domination in Sicily and as in most legends, is once again Cupid’s fault (or credit). One day, a beautiful and honorable young girl living in the Kalsa, the arabic district of Palermo, was taking care of plants and flowers in the balcony of her house as she was used to. Suddenly, a Moor merchant who was passing by, fell in love with the beautiful girl who immediately returned his love. They started having a love story until when she discovered he already had a wife and children waiting for him in his native land. She went suddenly crazy of jealousy and one night, while he was sleeping she thought of a way to make him stay with her forever! She therefore cut off his head and cleverly decided to use it as a vase to grow her beautiful basil plant. People walking down her balcony started looking at her flourishing plant of basil and became jealous of how bloomed her plants were, so they began to forge colourful clay heads pots wishing to have the same magic green thumb.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:17.7 W x 15 H x 0.4 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Sweden
Lina Lindqvist is an artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. She graduated from Umeå University in 2006 with a master’s degree in art and art history and additional painting studies at the art academy. With a long-term interest in architecture she explores different places and spatiality and its relationship with humans - though without depicting them. The depopulated places themselves are what interests her and is constantly recurring in her artistry. Furthermore, she explores the interior of the living space and how people tend to manifest themselves through their homes. Analyzing the secondary market for used furniture in different parts of the country generates both new takes of old still-life aesthetic, as well as being a study of class and overconsumption. Born and raised in Västerbotten in northern Sweden, nature has also been a great source of inspiration. Birds, desolate landscapes and forests are themes that often return and grow together with pictures from the urban harbor environment of Stockholm. Lina has participated in several jury-rated exhibits and is also represented by many private collectors.
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