Massimiliano Amati's UltraNatura at Galleria 291 Est in Rome

Massimiliano Amati (born 1979) presents UltraNatura, his first entirely intaglio print series, co-created and produced by the non-toxic engraving lab of Galleria 291 Est in Rome. The series, which transforms art into the 'King of Herrings,' is displayed as an archival installation resembling a postmodern Wunderkammer, revealing the osmotic ritual from drawing on copper plate to etching and printing. Nature-inspired suggestions emerge in fusions, tensions, and ruptures, crystallized through the engraving of singular 'organic' figures. The work is visionary and synoptic, with reminiscences of Hermann Finsterlin's dynamism, revealing itself only through meticulous microscopic observation of the engraved line, allowing endless signs beyond the presumed limit. This minimalist black-and-white narrative also materializes as a hand-bound illustrated book accompanying the exhibition, an artwork within the artwork subject to continuous reconsideration and re-figuration by the viewer/reader.