Olive leaves from Naples are combined with a cracked New York mirror. Patria Luntana’s haunting words acknowledge the irreconcilable duality of the immigrant love of their home country as well as for their new abode, America.
Cracked Immigrant Mirror, 2011 Lo Specchio Spaccato del immigrante Streetmade paper, bronzed glove, found objects (Naples/NY) and sheet music images 22.5 x 32.5 x 2.25 in. Images courtesy of Center for Migration Studies, E.Rossi & Co., John D. Calandra