Alessandro Carano’s works challenge in a playful yet uncompromising way the painting’s very potential. He builds his canvases from within the medium’s history, but never with the intention to reconstruct a past but rather to solidify its present. Interestingly, this leads to a balancing act that is truly idiosyncratic. His usage of the simplest elements—like silver gaffer tape—isn’t one that reverse the material’s “poorness”, instead he employs them to the most precious effect.”