Cicciobello Sebino, Foggia, 1966

Alessia Maria Concetta Carbonara
Cicciobello Sebino, Foggia, 1966
3 ink jet prints, 54 x 74 cm (non-framed)
Photography
2023

“In 1966 my mother’s family lived in Foggia. My Grandma was a housewife and depended economically on my grandfather. Every month he gave her an amount of money to take care of the family. He was a very severe and rigid man and never gave her more money than agreed. In Foggia there was a toy shop that gave the possibility to gradually bring a sum of money and once the price of the desired item was reached, you could take it. My grandmother saving money took a year to buy a doll, called Cicciobello, for my mother, which she then gave to me.”

Cicciobello Sebino, Foggia, 1966, is an artwork consisting of three photographs. Is a series revolving around the themes of motherhood and female generational heritage. The blue colour of the doll’s clothing became the starting point for an intergenerational dialogue. By transforming the gender-identifying dress into three sewing bobbins, and dedicating them respectively to her grandmother, mother and herself, the artist visually activates and constructs the thread for an intergenerational conversation.