SalvoLa città

Oil paintings of cityscapes by Salvo from the 1980s to 2010s, from quiet urban outskirts to lively, neon-lit night streets.

The presentation follows a route from the periphery to the centre of the city, and from sunset into night. Salvo reduces buildings to cubic, geometric volumes and lights them with neon signs, street lamps, a tram’s glow and a pinball machine, in translucent, saturated colour.

Sparse paintings of anonymous facades verge on abstraction, while Al cinema (1988) and Al bar (1981) fill with figures and vehicles. Felt-pen and ballpoint drawings are also shown. Salvo turned to painting in 1973, and the show draws on de Chirico, Sironi and Carrà.

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