Salvo / Salvatore Mangione, Snowfall, Etching

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Original graphic work, never exhibited, preserved intact in excellent condition.

salvo (salvatore mangione)
"snowfall"

color aquatint on hahnemühle paper 350 … more Original graphic work, never exhibited, preserved intact in excellent condition.

salvo (salvatore mangione)
"snowfall"

color aquatint on hahnemühle paper 350 gr
signed and numbered by hand by the artist on the front
tir. 100 copies


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biography

he was born in leonforte in the province of enna in 1947. After spending his childhood in sicily, he moved to turin in 1956. In 1962 he visited the bacon exhibition at the galleria d'arte moderna in turin and was deeply impressed. In the following year he took part in the 121st exhibition of the society promoting fine arts with a drawing taken from leonardo. He painted copies from rembrandt and van gogh, from fontana to chagall. The trip to paris dates back to 1968. Upon returning to turin he frequented the circle of arte povera artists and critics such as renato barilli, germano celant and achille bonito oliva. In 1969 he came into contact with american conceptual artists such as joseph kosuth, sol lewitt and robert barry. In 1970 he presented a series of photomontage self-portraits at the sperone gallery in turin. He then presented the blessing of lucerne at the acme gallery in brescia and held his first solo exhibition at the françoise lambert gallery in milan. In addition to photographic works in these years, until 1972, the artist made engravings of words or phrases on marble tombstones, such as the work salvo è vivo or the tombstone with the 40 names from aristotle to salvo himself. In 1971 he created tricolore, a surface where the name salvo is written in three colors and with neon letters or he created novels in which he replaces the protagonist's name with his own. In 1971 there were solo exhibitions at the paul maenz gallery in cologne and at the yvon lambert gallery in paris, two gallery owners with whom he would also work a lot in the following years, and in 1972 the exhibition at john weber in new york. Participates in documenta 5 in kassel, exhibits the photographic work tesoro at the art & project gallery in amsterdam. End of the conceptual period. Since 1973 the artist returned to traditional painting with the après, already begun in 1970 with self-portrait as raphael. He exhibits these works at the toselli gallery in milan. He took part in projekt '74 in cologne, with the work exhibited at the wallraf-richartz museum san martino e il povera, 1973. He exhibited in '74 at marconi in milan; he presented the work trionfo di san giorgio, by carpaccio, at toselli in milan, which was then sent to the 1975 biennale. He painted early italy and sicily. Also in 1975, the galleria banco di minini in brescia presented the work "salvo, variations on tricolore, 1971-73". Since '76 he has been designing landscapes. He took part in the biennial of the same year. He enters into a relationship with the merchant luciano pistoi. Barilli presents an anthology at palazzo galvani in bologna. In '77 retrospective at the museum folkwang in essen and at the mannheimer kunstverein in mannheim. He finishes the giants struck by jupiter, one of the largest works of the mythological period. He held an exhibition on the capriccio at the stein gallery in turin, three solo exhibitions at françoise lambert, at minini and at the pero gallery and took part in some group exhibitions at the modern art gallery in bologna and at the holly solomon gallery in new york. In 1989 the treatise della pittura - imitazione di wittgenstein was published, 238 paragraphs in which salvo expresses his thoughts through the method of axiomatic proposition and rhetorical questioning. In 1981 p.sprovieri commissioned him to paint the frescoes in the sala della battaglia in palazzo avogadro spada in bagnolo mella (bs). Take part in the exhibitions at the palazzo delle esposizioni on italian art between the '60s and the '80s and at the galleria d'arte moderna. Other exhibitions entitled salvo, systematic mirages by e.menzio and e.prön in turin and by p.maenz in cologne. In 1983, an exhibition at the kunstmuseum in lucerne and at the musée de villeurbanne in lyon brought together the most significant works from 1973 onwards. Relationships begin with e.pontiggia and l.sciascia. In 1984 he participated in the xli venice biennale. A trip to türkiye and yugoslavia will result in orientalist works. He has known daniele pascali, his dealer, since 1987. Between 1985 and 1987 he exhibited at the galleria dell'oca in rome, at the galleria la bertesca in genoa, at barbara gladstone in new york and at the galleria del milione in milan. The great retrospective at the rotonda della besana in milan dates back to 1987. In 1988 there were two exhibitions of salvo's work since 1975 at the museum boymans-van beuningen in rotterdam and at the musée d'art contemporain in nîmes. In 1985 he participated in the collective exhibition "anniottanta" at the galleria comunale d'arte moderna in bologna. In recent years he painted works inspired by the painting of p.saenredam, the interiors with extraordinary functions, presented in 1991 at the galleria in arco in turin. In 1990 there was an exhibition at p.maenz in cologne and an exhibition of mythologies and landscapes at the m.remolino gallery in turin. In 1992 landscapes, railway stations and churches were presented at the galerie kaess-weiss in stuttgart and the mozart thematic exhibition was presented at the gastaldelli gallery. In 1994 a new pictorial cycle began, with the spring and autumn series. Between 1996 and 1997 his solo exhibitions opened in turin, milan, florence, in santa cruz de tenerife, in the galerìa leyendecker and in cologne, at the galerie buchmann. In 1998 he inaugurated a major retrospective in bologna, at the villa delle rose, curated by renato barilli, danilo eccher and dede auregli and still life, by giordano raffaelli in trento, with whom he has been linked for years through friendship and work. There are still numerous participations in both national and international collective and personal exhibitions. At the end of the year 2005, after a short break, his painting moves towards a new research: salvo tries to turn his back on the valleys, a favorite subject in recent years, and to turn to the plains, introducing a new perspective cut in his landscapes. In the summer of 2006 he took a trip to iceland, to which he dedicated a series of paintings which will be exhibited in november by his friend antonio cardillo, in his gallery in varese. 2007 opens with the preparation of the retrospective exhibition salvo at the gallery of modern art, from 22 march to july, curated by pier giovanni castagnoli. He passed away on september 12, 2015 this piece has an attribution mark,
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