Visit Guttuso's visceral painting of a market scene (viz.Chiaramonte Steri, Palermo), and immerse yourself in the intense energy and danger that's steeped in Sicily's rich history. The 'line of passion' extends horizontally from the fish seller to the cheese man, whose knife has been painted out. Everything else depicted, with the exception of dead, red flesh hanging from butchers' hooks, is either vertical or round. A masterpiece. Guttuso provided a/w for Elizabeth David's book, 'Italian…
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