Capricci
November 9 — December 22, 2023
Brussels
Gladstone is pleased to present Capricci, a presentation of works by Salvo (1947–2015). Throughout Salvo’s career, the artist pursued a spiritual connection with the world of antiquity and explored themes of temporality and materiality. Salvo’s practice evolved from provocative conceptual sculptures and political self-portraiture to ‘capricci’ paintings that were formative to his lifelong body of work. Salvo’s fascination by the marriage of architecture, archeological ruins, and landscapes into the mythological compositions of ‘capricci’ brought the past into conversation with the present. Foregrounding Salvo’s study of Greek and Roman ruins, columns, and landscapes, Capricci presents a selection of works spanning oil painting, pastel, ceramics, and works on paper, distilling remembered spaces and architectural motifs into a meditation on the passage of time.
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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.
