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 Am…