Composition, I

Salvatore Scarpitta was an American artist known for constructions that merged abstraction with found materials and industrial surfaces. Working primarily from the 1950s onward, he created relief compositions and three-dimensional objects that incorporated canvas, wood, metal, and tape in layered, gestural arrangements. His practice emerged from postwar abstraction but resisted pure formalism through an engagement with material tactility and weathered surfaces.

Rome, Italy and New York, NY, USA