The vibrant pastel hues and chiselled shapes of Salvo's paintings are captivating.
The Italian artist depicts sunrise and sunset-kissed Greek and Roman ruins in a modernist style.
Gladstone Gallery brings Salvo's luminous vistas to Brussels for an exhibition focusing on the artist's contemplation of time. Running from 9 November to 22 December 2023, Capricci showcases oil paintings, pastels, ceramics, and works on paper depicting remembered spaces and architectural motifs.
In Paesaggio con Colonne (1989), three Doric columns and a fractured pillar, drenched in soft yet lively orange tones, stand alongside pastel-hued trees. These simplified forms echo the style of Giorgio de Chirico, an artist similarly inspired by classical history.
Salvo's paintings consistently draw high demand at auctions. In October of this year, his painting Il giorno fu pieno di lampi la sera verranno le stelle (The day was full of lightning in the evening stars will come out) (1991), fetched an impressive U.S. $840,192—over five times its high pre-sale estimate—at Christie's 20th/21st Century Evening Sale in London.
