On the occasion of Manifesta12, The European Nomadic Biennal, which takes place in Palermo, Fabrizio Cicero amazed everyone with his last work aichnim. The Sicilian artist has decided, in fact, to create a classic luminary typical of southern Italy festivities, but with the word “Minchia”.
Yes, you didn’t miss to read, a huge and very bright “Minchia” was hung in via Alloro, in the historical center of Palermo.
The installation pays tribute to the typical term of the Sicilian dialect that can very well be translated in English with “dick”, but now has become a common interlayer, an expression used throughout Italy.
Obviously, the work has divided the public, some love it, others are particularly outraged, especially for the decision to turn it on September 15, the same day that Pope Francis visited the city.
Given the controversy, Cicero tried to explain his work:
“What may seem like a desecrating and naively breaking operation is instead a small, modest hymn to the Sacred. To write a dirty word in the sky or to regain possession of the most ancient sense of the Sacred through one of the most recent arts, from the very beginning associated with religious celebrations: the lumen, symbol of life and tension towards the celestial dwelling.”
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