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The Metaphysical Noon

Salvo, and the strange colour of a world emptied of people.

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Salvo painting of a snowy Italian town in violet and pink light, I giorni della brina, 2010
Salvo, I giorni della brina, 2010

I have stood in a small Italian town at the blue end of the day and watched the snow blush into a colour that snow, by all rights, should never attempt. It was an hou…

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