Refrigerator of Art Smeg & Dolce&Gabbana FAB28R-DG SP01RD

Salvatore Sapienza was born in Catania in 1980. His passion for the decorative arts started when he was only 13 years old. His story as a decorator of Sicilian carts began by chance, when he painted an old wheel. After restoring the wheel and painting it, his father showed it to two veteran decorators. It was the beginning of a long story about art, love and craftsmanship and luckily has never ended. Salvatore began working with the decorators, Domenico Di Mauro and Antonio Zappalà, in their workshop. Di Mauro was his master and his mentor, teaching him all the tricks of the trade. He quickly fell in love with cart art and soon it blossomed into his great passion. With sacrifice and great effort, Salvatore has made over 30 Sicilian carts. Today Salvatore works in a fruit shop he took over from his grandfather 12 years ago. Who knows what he will create if in the future he finds time to indulge in his greatest passion every day.

Oil and enamel, 60 x 151 x 68.2 cm The decoration of this refrigerator is based on Sicilian cart painting, characterised by “cartocci” (colourful arabesques) and “catinelle” (the frames that surround them). The upper part of the front panel portrays a traditional Sicilian cart surrounded by prickly pears, below which, in the central register, is the famous battle between Rinaldo and Ruggiero by the walls of Arles. The two side panels host the profiles of two paladins inserted into a rigorously geometric and colourful background, which creates a wonderful “tile” effect. A horse in full regalia, painted within the traditional decoration of “cartocci” and “catinelle”, adorns the top.