This work on paper by Patrick Piccinelli evokes Western civilization through its geometric and structured composition. But its title "Port Of Livorno"; suggests an "elsewhere" because the African continent is not far away. Livorno is an Italian city but you can smell the scent of Africa everywhere in the city.

This duality interests Piccinelli who translates this tension in his search for a rigorous minimalism diverted from its sobriety by random traces and splashes.Shades of blue and orange represent the warmth of the south for Patrick Piccinelli; who has distant origins in Italy.“The seats on the Promenade des Anglais were empty. The last strollers strolled in the cobalt tenderness of the twilight. We heard isolated laughter; exclamations. Lola descended the stairs of the old port. The siren of the liner for Livorno resounds; deaf; deep."

Nadine Trintignant; "The young man in the streets of France