SoHo, Grand and Greene St.

Salvatore Matteo

24” x 24”

Cut fine art print on wood board, razor blade with signature

SoHo, Grand and Greene St. transforms an urban intersection into a layered study of rhythm, movement, and spatial perception. Working with a cut fine art print on archival paper, Salvatore Matteo fractures and reconfigures architectural imagery, allowing sweeping contours and repeated curves to reshape the photographic surface. The city becomes less a fixed location and more a fluid experience, shaped by motion and accumulation.

The work aligns with contemporary mixed-media abstraction and post-photographic relief, drawing from the legacy of Cubism and Futurism. Like the Cubists, Matteo disrupts linear perspective to present multiple viewpoints simultaneously. Futurist influences emerge through the emphasis on velocity and flow, capturing the city as a dynamic system rather than a static environment. The sculptural cutting of the paper situates the work within a lineage of artists who treat photography as material, extending it into physical space.

Curvilinear cuts dominate the composition, pulling the viewer’s eye across layered architectural fragments that dissolve into rhythm and repetition. Image and object merge, reinforcing Matteo’s interest in how built environments are perceived through movement and memory.