3456 - SALVO (SALVATORE MANGIONE)

SALVO (SALVATORE MANGIONE) (Leonforte 1947–2015 Turin) Untitled. 2001. Oil on hardboard. Verso signed and inscribed: Salvo H. 49.5 × 60 cm. Certificate: Archivio Salvo, Turin (no. S2001-48). Provenance: - Private collection, Switzerland. - Auction Koller Zurich, 22 June 2023, lot 3434. - Collection, Great Britain, acquired at the above auction. - Mucciaccia Gallery, London. - Private collection, Italy, acquired from the above gallery. - Private collection, Spain, acquired from the previous owner in 2026. Exhibited: Chiari 2002, Salvo. I luoghi della preghiera e della memoria, Galleria d'arte L'Incontro, 12–23 January 2002. In the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, Salvo travelled to Turkey, Oman, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Tibet, Nepal and Ethiopia, among other places. His impressions of these journeys are reflected in several series of paintings. The present work, painted in 2001, also appears to draw on such an experience. The turquoise roofs contrast sharply with the warm, gentle colours of the sky, giving the scene an almost unreal luminosity. The architecture recalls a city in the Arab world, although the precise location cannot be identified. The interplay of cool turquoise and warm tones in the sky creates a composition that is both vibrant and harmonious. Time seems to stand still above the rooftops and domes. Salvo transforms the memory of a real place into a poetic image poised between geographical specificity and an imagined distance. The deserted scene has a quiet atmosphere, leaving viewers free to make their own associations and inviting them into a remote, dreamlike world. * The full tax is charged on this item marked *, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.