Abstract painting oil on canvas - Franco Balleri 1973 oil on canvas

Oil painting on canvas - size 80x60 cm author franco balleri (1940) franco balleri painter and sculptor, rare works - below you will find various reviews: franco balleri, a brilliant painter but above all a builder of wooden machines. The latter are divided between static installations, in which the figures in his paintings seem to take on a three-dimensional form, and dynamic installations that, thanks to complex mechanisms, give life to original "fuel-free engines." balleri's idea was to design engines that could be powered by minimal forces that would then be multiplied by the action of pistons and pulleys. "i am not an engineer, " explains balleri, "but I would like a mechanical technician in the future to be able to draw inspiration from my machines to create real engines, using appropriate materials and taking into account the physical laws involved.".