Sara Enrico on Canvas, Cement, and the Tactile in Sculpture

In an interview with Davide Dal Sasso for Artribune, Italian artist Sara Enrico discusses her practice centered on material reduction and the tactile qualities of canvas and cement. Enrico, who studied restoration, treats canvas not as a support but as raw material, as seen in her Untitled works (2011–2012) and Cactus (2014), where cement fills rolled canvas. Her series RSC (2010–2012) involved folding and pressing canvas to manipulate color, while Twins (2014) extended this into three dimensions. She explores the intersection of industrial and artisanal processes, using scanners and digital tools to create textures. Her work RGB (skin) at TILE project space in Milan featured foam shapes from the nautical and sports industries, covered in technical fabric printed with scanned canvas textures. The exhibition was titled à terre, en l’air. Her permanent installation The Jumpsuit Theme at PAV – Parco Arte Vivente in Turin uses cement cast in fabric as a collective portrait, exploring posture and balance. Enrico emphasizes a 'low definition' visuality that reveals material inertness, and she draws parallels between sculpture and choreography or tailoring.