Kleenex 

Luciano Bartolini created this artwork, titled "Kleenex," using mixed media on paper. The composition immediately strikes you with its grid-like structure, a series of rectangles woven together in a deliberate, almost textile-like pattern. The color palette is restrained, dominated by muted blues and whites, which lends the piece a cool, calming effect. However, this tranquility is subtly disrupted by the texture of the paper, which is visibly wrinkled and creased, adding a tactile quality to the otherwise flat surface. Bartolini's choice to present this work on paper, with its inherent fragility, engages with the concept of ephemerality and challenges traditional notions of artistic value. The grid format and the repetitive, geometric structure draw upon the minimalist vocabulary, yet the evident manipulation of the paper pushes against the perfection often associated with this style. It destabilizes the grid by revealing a human touch and a history of handling. The tension between order and disorder invites us to reconsider the structure, which becomes a metaphor for the complexities inherent in simplicity.