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ALL ABOUT
ART

something from a bookcase, hiding behind
a divider—these actions are transformed
into a “magical act”, engaging the senses.
Here the paper assaults, wraps, becomes
epidermis, substance, structure.”

Daniele Papuli thus reflects on everyday
gestures, on the relationship with
objects and on emotional involvement,
all inscribed in an intimate and
contemplative dimension emphasised by
the suspended site-specific installation,
called ULA. The installation, that guides
the visitor through the collection, is a
cluster of hand-cut white sheets of paper
that filter the light, evoking the lightness
and softness of clouds.
Daniele Papuli's collection unveils its
material complexity, revealing a long
and multi-staged crafting process. It all
begins with the research and selection
of papers of various types – recycled or
new sheets from paper mills with forestry
certifications – chosen for colour and
weight. The paper undergoes a process
of deconstruction, reduced to thin strips
a few centimetres wide, through both
mechanical and manual cutting. This way,
new compositional morphologies are
identified, and the structuring of volumes
proceeds in a kind of polychrome inlay.
The artist then combines and experiments
with Isocell fibre, a cellulose-based

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