Wall Drifts
Gianluca Bianchino
Aferro Project Room

Wall Drifts is a series of ongoing large scale graphite drawings on banner canvas. The work is the result of superimposing two distinct images that in their nature appear to be static. One is the ghost image of a brick wall. This is achieved by rubbing graphite onto a canvas taped on a brick wall. The other is a loosely drawn succession of forms that resemble the shapes of continents or celestial bodies such as nebulas.

The brick wall pattern is a recurring theme in Bianchino's work, derived from his fascination with architecture and vivid childhood memories of Paterson, New Jersey, when his parents both worked in the famous red brick mills located in the historical downtown. The series began in late 2007 as part of a body of work developed during his residency at Gallery Aferro.