Similmente 

Curator: What strikes me is the incredible subtlety here. A whisper of an image, really. Editor: I agree. At first glance, it almost disappears, right? Curator: Yes, precisely! It’s a piece by Enrico Castellani called "Similmente". What appears to be a purely white surface is actually meticulously manipulated. A sort of relief, creating this concentric, spiraling square. It’s the kind of piece that demands… stillness. Editor: Stillness to really examine how he worked the canvas. To discern how labor turns canvas and nail into high art. Minimal, yet maximal, effort is needed. What kind of scale are we looking at here? Curator: Fairly intimate. It’s more of a drawing. Close up the textured materiality gives a sense of handcrafted… imperfection. I love the small indentation at the center - the beginning of everything and nothing! Editor: I notice how the spiral pulls you in. And that texture… it makes me wonder about the making process. The repetitive, almost meditative labor involved in pressing or stretching that canvas. Was there a pattern? And what about the monochrome look. Curator: I always find myself returning to what it awakens in me emotionally – a sense of infinite regression. What’s inside is also outside! Maybe he meant to represent both the inner and outer reality. Or possibly he enjoyed creating an extremely reductive abstract representation. Editor: And to achieve such a visual quiet, the labor, ironically, seems loud. Perhaps in studying the art piece we may start to observe the labor more closely. Curator: Indeed. It’s a testament to how little it takes to open up infinite emotional realms. Editor: To recognize both labor and its beauty that art embodies makes all the difference.