The Kinetic Soul of Salvatore Scarpitta To encounter the work of Salvatore Scarpitta is to witness a profound dialogue between the industrial and the organic, a rhythmic dance of metal and memory. Born in New York City in 1919 to a Sicilian father and a Ukrainian mother, Scarpitta’s early life was defined by movement even before he picked up a chisel. His family's relocation to Los Angeles during his infancy planted the seeds of an American sensibility that would later merge with European classical training. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he journeyed across the Atlantic to Rom…