Luigi Carboni's 'Passi perduti passi ripresi' at Renata Fabbri, Milan

Luigi Carboni (born 1957 in Pesaro) began painting in the 1980s, inheriting the abstract-analytical tradition and exploring depth through color. His signature circular elements animate densely painted surfaces. In his latest works, shown in his first solo exhibition at Renata Fabbri, circles tear the surface to create fragmentation and shifts in meaning. Behind each circle emerges an underlying layer—a detail, fragment, or fictitious wall—enhancing depth through illusionistic shadow play. Unlike the modernist symbol of spirituality, Carboni's circles act as magnifying lenses, focusing on a 'liquid' passage through multiple visual references, leaving uncertainty about what is truly visible. The exhibition 'Passi perduti passi ripresi' runs in Milan until April 22, 2016.