The Alchemy of Material: The Artistic Journey of Marco Gastini Born in the industrial heart of Turin, Italy, in 1938, Marco Gastini developed an artistic sensibility that was deeply rooted in the tactile reality of physical matter. His early years were defined by a formative apprenticeship within his father’s laboratory, a period that served as more than mere vocational training; it was a profound introduction to the transformative potential of raw materials. This foundational exposure instilled in him a lifelong reverence for the chemical and structural properties of his medium, allowing hi…