Salvo, in Viaggio
May 29 — July 12, 2025
Seoul
Gladstone Gallery presents Salvo, in Viaggio (Salvo Traveling), an exhibition of paintings by the Italian painter, Salvo (b. 1947, Leonforte, Italy–d. 2015, Turin, Italy). Spanning works from 1988 to 2015, this presentation surveys the artist’s compositions of real and imagined landscapes inspired by his travels across the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and Asia. The exhibition brings together paintings that reveal the indelible impact of the artist’s frequent and far-reaching adventures on his practice and offers reflections on the relationship between memory, reality, and imagination. Presented in collaboration with Archivio Salvo, Salvo, in Viaggio is on view from May 29 through July 12, 2025.
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About
Salvo was born Salvatore Mangione in Leonforte, Sicily, in 1947 and lived and worked primarily in Turin until his death in 2015. Solo presentations of his work include the Pinacoteca Agnelli, Turin (2024); Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome (2021); Museo d’Arte della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, with Alighiero Boetti, Italy (2017); Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy (2015); Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy (2007); Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy (2002); Villa delle Rose, Bologna, Italy (1998); Musée d’Art Contemporain, Nîmes, France (1988); Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (1988); Kunstmuseum Lucerne, Switzerland (1983); Mannheimer Kunstverein, Germany (1977); and the Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany (1977). He also participated in Documenta 5 (1972) and the 1976 and 1988 editions of the Venice Biennale.
