Gianni Melotti’s work appears as a reflection upon the space and time in which the art event is experienced, and the rituals that attend that experience. The particular space here is a Florentine gallery laden with signs, frescoes, grotesques, decorative and architectural elements, all superimposed one upon the other, revealing traces of an ancient history. It is punctuated by identical white silicone “paintings” (each 48 by 48 inches), which function as both presences and absences. Melotti’s works are placed like phantasms against the sacred, magical rectangle of the room, their soft outlines