“When you go through a city, you notice the compactness of the volumes that rise up before you, not the slits between them. In painting I don’t go into detail, so as to keep focusing on the primary structure of the object.” –Salvo Salvo, who began his career in the 1960s with early experiments involving photomontage, text and engraved marble, changed his conceptual practice in 1973, when he turned decisively to painting as its unlikely vehicle.