Lets start a five day blog session with forgotten artists and here is the first to appear in this FTN blog.
An American artist with an Italian background, but born , raised and died in New York. In between he moved to California and studied art in Rome. I tried to figure out the italian influence in his works, but can only see his American roots. If ever there is an influence it probably is the American Pop Art scene that influenced him. What struck me in his life that he was a passionate racing driver and at one time even had his own racing team. His life and progression in art develop a little like the Italian multi talented artist Carlo Mollino, who was also a passionate racing driver, but where Mollino convinces with his aesthetics, Scarpitta is a far more robust and less subtile artist. Still his works stand out from his contemporaries with the frequent use of wood, steel and bandaged objects.
He fascinates…and deserves to be known by far more people . www.ftn-books.com has a few titles on Scarpitta available.
You want to learn the story of Salvatore Scarpitta as a racing driver? you will find it over here:
