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Salvatore Emblema was born in Terzigno (Naples) in 1929. After attending the art institute and the Coral School of Torre del Greco, his research began in Rome, where he moved in 1948, bringing with him his first works: collages of dried leaves ("fullographies") whose success opened the doors to the artistic circles of Via del Babuino. During the 1950s, he experimented with new materials, moving from leaves to stones and volcanic earth, which appeared in the works exhibited in his first solo shows, starting with the one in 1956 at the Galleria San Marco. In the same year, he went to the United States, where he embarked...

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