Based in Milan, Alessandro Busci uses salvaged iron plates as a surfaces for his haunting, polychromatic urban post-industrial landscapes.

Varying the degree of each plate's exposure to time and weather elements, Busci is able to craft a uniquely corroded surface texture for each piece. He uses Japanese calligraphy brushes and water-based enamel to paint evocative images of train depots, service stations, power plants, and airports. Upon application, the enamels react chemically with the ferrous surfaces of the plates in unpredictable ways, producing colors and effects that are beyond the artist’s complete control. The result is a modern-day
alchemy combining delicate technique, industrial materials, and natural forces.

Busci studied Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano with a graduate dissertation on History of Art, tutored by Flavio Caroli. He has exhibited widely throughout Italy and abroad, including solo exhibitions at Novato Art Gallery in Fano, Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Madrid, and Sala Amarica, Vitoria Gasteiz in Bilbao. In 2008, he will be participating in Italiana, a collective project being organized in collaboration with the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan.