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demonstratesrestrainedskepticism,orbet-
teryet,aninvestigativedesire.Fromthesy-
stemofimagesaroundusRomanocollects
imagesthatareextremelyrefined,andwhich
couldbedefinedasalmost‘impalpable’ifit
werenotfortheperceptualdensityofthe
workshisresearchgenerates.
Withaformalandconceptualprocessthat
isasclearasIngrid’sgaze,AndreaRomano
hassofarproducedanumberofconcise
works,consistentintheiraestheticquality,
thatexplorerepresentationasatransitional
spacebetweenthedomainofthevisualand
tactile.Thiswasthecasewiththetwoseries
ofworksthattheartistpresentedinhisfirst
soloexhibitionattheFluxiagalleryinMilan
in2013.Potsherds & Gaze isthetitleofase-
riesofpencildrawingsinwhichparticular
imagesfromtheanimatedcartoonThe Flin-
tstones,intheplaceswheretheshapesof
thecharactersgrazeortouch,areisolated
andrenderedabstract,reducedtopureline.
InthephotographicseriesCast of Pillow
(createdincollaborationwithphotographer
DelfinoSistoLegnani),weseeinsteadyoung
people’s bodies—hands, arms, and sto-
machs—capturedintheactofinteracting
with a cast polyurethane cushion. What
weldsthesetwoseriesofworktogethereco-
nomicallyinacohesiveexhibitionisnotjust
thethemeofcontact,butratherthetension
withwhichtheelementoftactilityistran-
slatedintoapurelyvisualquality,reaching
thelimitsofabstraction.
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Beyondwhatmayappeartobehisoccasional
motive,AndreaRomano’sworkseemsto
look,moregenerally,toamoreacuteform
ofourcurrentsensitivity.Images,infact,
arenotsimply‘everywhere’.Imagesarenow
intenseandamplified,saturatedwithafor-
malperfectionandstructuralexcessthrough
post-productionthatmakesthematthe
sametimeacute,perceptual,andabstract.
Theyareintangibleyettactile.
Romano,likeotherartistsinthewiderin-
ternationalcontext,isturninghisattention
totheminuteandimpalpabledetailsthat
gravitatearoundanimage,drawingtheout-
sideintothecenter,notbyonlyfocusingon
whatmightseeminsignificantbut,morera-
dically,bringingthismarginalitytoaformal
plane where form is scrutinized with as
muchambiguityasperceptualacuity.
Alessandro Rabottini
Veduta dell’installazione Highlight (Summer 2013),
Fluxia, Milano, 2013 /
Installation view of Highlight (Summer 2013),
Fluxia, Milan, 2013
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