September 2012

Lo Studio dei Nipoti: The Studio of the Grandchildren, Nieces and Nephews

Lo Studio dei Nipoti (The Studio of the Grandchildren, Nieces and Nephews) was organized in early 2009 as an artistic expression of what has been called the “long-lasting spiral across the sea” that characterizes America’s complex relationship with Italy and the waves of Italian immigrates who have come here during the past two centuries. It is perhaps the first organization of its kind, a consortium of eighteen visual artists who are either Southern Italian American or American citizens of Southern Italian birth, and to one degree or another, we are all interested in the heritage and influence of immigration from Southern Italy, the highly distinct culture from which more than eighty percent of the 26 million Italian Americans are descended. This was their first group exhibition which was co-curatored by Cianne Fragione and Rose Michelle Taverniti

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