The second in a three-part series highlighting the Nationality of Adele Bevacqua, an artist and performer, was entitled “Nationality Matters: An Artist’s Nationality, Part II”. In this article we look at some other characteristics of Nationality. Adele Bevacqua, as mentioned above, is of Italian origin. We learn that nationality influences art in so many ways as it influences culture, as Adele herself points out: “My very own feeling of nationality was almost certainly an inheritance from my Irish parents, for whom nationality was an abstract concept that consisted of a set of values and principles rather than a physical characteristic”.
Nationality can also be seen in her choice of clothing. When she is wearing long dresses, her homeland accentuates the color of the garment. Adele often wears a plain black dress and a white apron, forgoing the frills of fancy shoes, or a tiara. Other colors she chooses include pink, which are indicative of the color of cerebral thought, and scarlet red, which are a traditional flower of royalty.
Nationality is important to Adele Bevacqua in a personal relationship too. As the artist she is attracted to the public arena, which are dominated by ‘negative’ images of people in the public eye such as prison inmates, homeless people, and people in general who are commonly depicted in a negative light. The role models in her profession all share one thing in common; they are all of different nationalities. Adele is attracted by their difference, not because they have different skin colors, but because of the similarities of their convictions and perspectives on life.