Salvatore Scarpitta's Transformative Decade at Luxembourg & Dayan New York

Luxembourg & Dayan in New York presents a major exhibition of Salvatore Scarpitta, focusing on his work from 1954 to 1964. The show runs until January 28 and highlights a crucial transformative period for the Italian-American artist. Born in 1919 and died in 2007 in New York, Scarpitta had an Italian father and a Polish-Russian mother. The exhibition traces his evolution from early experiments with bandaged paintings in 1958, through his return from Rome to the United States, to his departure from canvas toward race cars. Also on view are abstract works with painterly assemblages incorporating automotive components, synthesizing Scarpitta's blend of technology and organicity, materialism and myth, optimism and bitterness. Artribune will feature an in-depth profile of Scarpitta in its upcoming mid-January issue under the column 'Asta la Vista'.