Alessandro Piangiamore’s sculpture replaces the traditional stillness of form with the dynamism and unpredictability of matter. Soil collected during journeys, melted candle wax, ice, wind, and even rainbows become the raw material of works situated at the threshold between painting and sculpture, monochrome and relief. Series such as Tutto il vento che c’è (2008–ongoing) and La cera di Roma—for which he received the XVI Cairo Prize in 2015—are among the most representative bodies of work within a practice that explores the visual paradox between appearance and reality, conceptual process and formal composition. His solo exhibitions include four presentations at Magazzino in Rome, among them Frangiflutti (2022). He lives and works in Rome.