The hand-made sifter from Montefalcione, Italy retains some of the dust and seeds from long ago. Workers’ gloves are juxtaposed with New York subway maps and attest to the immigrant labor that helped construct New York.
Roots (for Montefalcione), 2011 Radici Street maps Naples/NY, bronzed gloves, artifacts from Montefalcione, Italy and sheet music images 38 x 29 x 2.25 in. Images courtesy of E.Rossi & Co., Charles Sant'Elia Courtesy of the artist Photo Credit - Rick