The early textures of Pistoia Born in Pistoia, Italy, on September 30, 1939, Roberto Barni began to see the world through oil colors around 1952. His earliest memories carry the sight of the moon and the flickering flames from a bombed town at night. By the end of the 1950s, his hands were working with more than just paint; he experimented with wood, iron, photography, and newspaper to build abstract forms. These early works used heavy…