Gianni Pellegrini Italy, b. 1953

Gianni Pellegrini’s artistic journey began in the early 1970s with research rooted in abstract analytic practices, focused on the interplay between signs and linear geometries. This phase culminated in 1975 with his joining the group Astrazione Oggettiva. From the outset, his painting has been distinguished by a corpuscular approach, based on the gradual superimposition of thin veils of color, from which surfaces emerge that fuse the tangible and the ethereal, presence and enigma. The geometric rigor that characterizes his early works gradually gives way to a renewed engagement with color, founded on a complex dialogue between shifting illuminations and variable depths, where light and shadow pursue one another in an unstable and poetic balance. Over time, Pellegrini has oriented his research toward an increasingly pronounced investigation of the contrast between luminosity and darkness, exploring the ambiguous boundary that separates them. The absence of defined forms and sharp contours intensifies this tension, producing a suspended image in which light and shadow reveal themselves as manifestations of a single matter, constructed through imperceptible and indeterminate layers. Alongside chromatic exploration, the artist distills the colours to ethereal presences radiating towards the surrounding environment. This gives rise to an idea of abstraction constructing spaced which, though grounded in the real world, emerge as transcendental.