[...] In the same way the poetic of the art autre brings to its extreme results the principle of existentialism and, therefore, it reduces to a great extent the function of both time and space. In the cycle of Le Evocazioni, 1978-79 (The Evocations), painted with the support of the airbrush, the perception of time is felt as a slow motion current that brings up its flotsam.[...] Between the background of the canvas and the tangled web of signs there is no relation, on the contrary, the background is itself a chromatic element. The light, as razor-blades, goes between the background and the web of signs like dense fog. Humid erratic shadows soon after the rain with the sun beams through them. [...]
Floriano De Santi (from: F. De Santi, Vincenzo Balsamo,"Color's Song", 1996, pp. 11-12, ed. Grafiche Ariccia) |