Paolo Salvador: Indigenous Identities in the Natural World

There is a Peruvian legend about the origin of an island. A mother and daughter run toward the ocean and horizon and get transformed into a body of land. That kind of poetic relationship to nature and myth is the emotional and aesthetic source material for the paintings of Paolo Salvador. Represented by Peres Projects, the 2019 Slade graduate’s work has emerged a perfect fit for the post-pandemic search for artwork that explores ideas around beauty, the natural world and indigenous identity.