Italian to English Art/Literary Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)

Please note I am NOT looking for a literal translation.

I am having some difficulty in translating the phrase below - not because the meaning is unclear but because a literal translation: "find expression(here) in a certain desire for abstraction" sounds clumsy (at least to my ear!). Am I paraphrasing too much if I just write: "here find (a certain) abstract expression"

Context: The phrase appears in the preface to a photo book in a description of some photographs depicting dilapidated, derelict, now uninhabited buildings and what remains of their contents - the vestiges of past lives.

"Per essere più puntuali, nostalgia e richiamo alla morte trovano qui forma in un certo desiderio di astrazione (come in Paul Klee) che però non si separa mai da una narratività leggera che pur lasciando spazio all’immaginazione rimane fedele alle cose reali ..."