Breaking Walls
An emigrant/immigrant journey through Southern Italy
Paintings and Ceramics by William Papaleo
An exhibition at the Calandra Institute
April 20, 2017 through August 31, 2017
Opening reception Thursday, April 20, 6pm
”Over twenty years ago, William Papaleo moved to Naples to practice the art he had learned in the U.S. A third-generation U.S. American with ancestors from Italy, Papaleo is different from most Italian American artists who use Italy to set up a sense of the past and reconnect to it through travel. Their art, more oſten than not focuses on the family and their own reactions to retiring to the home of their ancestors. What you find in Papaleo’s art is something new, something all other Italian Americans have not dealt with, and that is the role of the immigrant in today’s Italy. It is through art like this work, that we can we reach beyond the real, and sometime we even achieve the impossible.“
– from Distinguished Professor Fred Gardaphe’s exhibition catalogue essay
The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor
New York, NY 10036
Info: (212) 642-2094
For contact: Rosemary Serra
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oil on linen
60" x 40"
Immigrants Emigrants
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oil on linen
38" x 58"
Olive Workers
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oil on linen
25" x 37"
Guarding the Saints, Rani, Sri Lankan Man Guarding the Vasari Frescoes, Naples
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oil on linen
25" x 37"
Piazza del Gesù
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oil on board
16" x 20"
Ship Builder Salerno
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oil on linen
24" x 16"
Vicolo Naples
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oil on board
16″ x 16″
Senegalese Man Salerno
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oil on wood
10" x 16"
Vicolo Salerno
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oil on linen
26" x 38"
Survivors
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oil on linen
40" x 30"
Naples Side Street - Indians and Italians