Balliano’s geometric motifs stem from a sustained interest in the arch, a form he understands as a universal, distinctly human geometry. As an architectural structure determined by human scale, the arch operates as a bridge between the figurative and the abstract. While arches may recall the Roman ruins around his native Turin, Balliano’s interest lies less in their historical specificity than in what ruins symbolize: the passage of time and the inevitability of transformation. These ideas are further explored in the artist’s new gouaches, whose oxidized pigmentation suggests corroded metal or eroded stone. Balliano’s weathered surfaces evoke nature’s inevitable pull toward chaos, even within systems that appear rigorously ordered.