This painting is featured in the 2009 catalogue of the Venice Biennal in which Daniele Galliano took part in the Italian pavillion, curated by Luca Beatrice.
Daniele Galliano, How green was my valley, or in Italian Com'era verde la mia valle, refers to a new painting from 2022 but also an earlier work from 2009 with the same title, which was published in the catalogue of the Italian Pavillion for the 2009 Venice Biennal in which Daniele Galliano was represented.
How green was my valley is the title of a famous John Ford movie from 1941 based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn and is set in the Welsh coal mining area where miners with no job prospects leave to seek their fortunes abroad.
In his 2009 painting Daniele Galliano depicts African refugees, making a subtle reference that these refugees are no different from the European refugees from decades ago, also leaving everything behind to seek their fortune elsewhere.