Fico Tuberosa

Sculpture with fig tree, digital print, various root vegetables and acrylic paint

Public Improvisations: End of course exhibition – XIV Advanced Course in Visual Arts, Via Farini, Milan, Italy (2008)

The wintry fig tree bursts through a sheet of paper with photos telling the true story about an Italian immigrant in Canada who buries his fig tree every year so that it survives the winter. The story had been printed with potatoes, yams and other root vegetables that now cover the branches, like a zombie tree.