Throughout his life, Santi Alleruzzo repeatedly painted scenes from his private sphere—views from his walks, from his windows. Alleruzzo was born in 1929 in Messina, a southern part of Italy, and in 1958 he moved to Villa San Giovanni, a city across the Strait of Messina from his hometown. The horizontal compositions he experimented with reflect the light from the strait, as if connecting his past and present. This exhibition consists of 11 landscapes created from the late 1970s up until his death in 2005. As time goes by, his abstracted forms and compositions become concrete. Deep blue and purple from the straight, peach and cream in the sky, greens in the trees and bushes—colors are the joy of Alleruzzo’s work, which is always imbued with the light and breeze of the Mediterranean soil.

Following his move to Villa San Giovanni, Alleruzzo exhibited in various Italian cities, including Catania, Bologna, and Rome. Although he remains relatively unknown outside of Italy, his tranquil paintings are now starting to receive attention more than 10 years after his death.