EAT ME, DRINK ME: TERRA

SIMO NERI

TERRA

Mixed media, traditional, sequential photography, 9 continuous photographic strips, laminated and mounted on black canvas, velcro at top of each strip.

54” x 64”

Edition: unique

2004

This work is a homage to my father and to the land where he grew up in north-eastern Italy’s Romagna region. The varying conditions of the earth from barren to fertile reflect one of the principle preoccupations of local farmers.