Except Mangione

Born in Leonforte, in the province of Enna, in 1947, Salvo (Salvatore Mangione) spent his childhood in Sicily, before his family emigrated to Turin in 1956. There he expressed an early interest in art and, at just 16, participated in the 121st Exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts, with a drawing inspired by Leonardo.
Beginning in 1976, he worked on a series of simplistic landscapes composed with bright colors, depicting architectural ruins and visions of classical columns. These works are especially notable for Salvo's mastery of depicting natural light, with each piece presenting a compelling specificity of sunrise, daylight, sunset, or darkness. These landscapes became his best-known works, and between 1982 and 1983, he gained significant acclaim in Europe, with retrospective exhibitions in Ghent, Lucerne, and Lyon. He was also invited to participate in high-profile exhibitions such as documenta 5 in 1972 and the Venice Biennale in 1976 and 1984.
Following this success, he exhibited regularly in Italy (Milan, Genoa and Rome) and abroad (New York, Stuttgart, Monaco and Cologne).
Today, Salvo's works can be found in prestigious collections around the world, including MoMA in New York, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the GAM Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Turin, and the Museo del Novecento in Milan.
Salvo died in 2015 in Turin, his last work as an artist being posthumous; his 1970 work, a tombstone reading Salvo è vivo , was turned to reveal Salvo è morto .