Luigi Carboni's Dreamlike Universe at Galleria Poggiali in Pietrasanta

Luigi Carboni (born 1957 in Pesaro) merges painting and sculpture in his work, creating a dynamic interplay of lines and colors that alternately advance and recede, evoking the vortex of human existence. His canvases and spaces are saturated with elements of reality and abstraction, nature and urban landscape, all veiled by illusory metal grids that lend a disturbing, oppressive conceptual corporeality. Carboni draws from diverse artistic influences: dark colors reminiscent of James Ensor's Expressionism, curvilinear geometric forms typical of Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky, and the flattened perspective and decorative quality of late 19th-century Art Déco inspired by Japanese prints. Past and present fuse in a dreamlike "no man's land." The exhibition is on view at Galleria Poggiali in Pietrasanta.