Clementina Sauro

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Artist: Loretta Faveri

Title: Clementina Sauro

Attribution: Clementina Sauro, 2024, Loretta Faveri

Year: 2024

Materials: handmade paper made by my aunt, thread, ink

Dimensions: 36" x 48" x 8"

Image Statement: My grandmother was the stepmother to my grandfather’s five oldest children who served the Canadian Armed Forces during WWII. She had four children with my grandfather making nine in total. She was a musician, an artist, a schoolteacher and an Italian Canadian who worked tirelessly writing letters to government officials advocating for the release of my grandfather, Reverend Libero Sauro from an internment camp in Ontario, Canada during WWII. I transcribed her letters tore them up and stitched them back together to create her portrait. This creative process is a metaphor for healing and moving forward from the past with compassion and forgiveness. Her image comes to life in the shadow, like a ghost from the past.