{"id":3695,"date":"2021-05-10T19:39:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T19:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esocalie.it\/esocalie-by-enrico-de-santis\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:52:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:52:40","slug":"esocalie-by-enrico-de-santis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esocalie.it\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Esocalie by Enrico De Santis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background hundred-percent-fullwidth hundred-percent-height hundred-percent-height-center-content non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:120px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-align-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:30px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-bottom:120px;--awb-max-width:320px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"76\" alt=\"ESOCALIE\" title=\"ESOCALIE\" src=\"https:\/\/esocalie.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ESOCALIE.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esocalie.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ESOCALIE-200x40.png 200w, https:\/\/esocalie.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ESOCALIE.png 376w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<sr7-module data-alias=\"slider-1\" data-id=\"1\" id=\"SR7_1_1\" class=\"rs-ov-hidden\" data-version=\"6.7.37\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-adjuster><\/sr7-adjuster>\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_1_1-1\" data-key=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-bg id=\"SR7_1_1-1-1\" class=\"sr7-layer\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/esocalie.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Donne-di-Mare_s2.webp\" alt=\"DONNE DI MARE cm 45 x 110 Tanzania 2007\" title=\"DONNE DI MARE cm 45 x 110 Tanzania 2007\"><\/noscript><\/sr7-bg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_1_1-2\" data-key=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-bg id=\"SR7_1_1-2-1\" class=\"sr7-layer\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/esocalie.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Nero-Paximadia_s2.webp\" alt=\"NERO PAXIMADIA - cm 124 x 40 - Creta, Grecia 2020\" title=\"NERO PAXIMADIA &#8211; 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SR7.PMH[\"SR7_1_1\"] = {cn:100,state:false,fn: function() { if (_tpt!==undefined && _tpt.prepareModuleHeight !== undefined) {  _tpt.prepareModuleHeight({id:\"SR7_1_1\",el:[300,300,768,960,720],type:'standard',shdw:'0',gh:[300,300,400,400,330],gw:[550,550,550,500,480],vpt:['-100px&#039;,&#039;-100px&#039;,&#039;-100px&#039;,&#039;-100px&#039;,&#039;-100px'],size:{fullWidth:true, fullHeight:false},mh:'0',onh:0,onw:0,bg:{color:'{\"type\":\"solid\",\"orig\":\"#ffffff\",\"string\":\"rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)\"}'}});   SR7.PMH[\"SR7_1_1\"].state=true;} else if(SR7.PMH[\"SR7_1_1\"].cn-->0)\tsetTimeout( SR7.PMH[\"SR7_1_1\"].fn,19);}};SR7.PMH[\"SR7_1_1\" ].fn();\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"about\" class=\"fusion-container-anchor\"><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1560px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:30px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-bottom:120px;--awb-max-width:200px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"76\" alt=\"ESOCALIE\" title=\"ESOCALIE\" src=\"https:\/\/esocalie.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ESOCALIE.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esocalie.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ESOCALIE-200x40.png 200w, https:\/\/esocalie.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ESOCALIE.png 376w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Esocalie are the artworks by Enrico De Santis, which combine photography and the recycling of old doors, windows, wooden stairs, or other structures reclaimed and restored by the artist. These are not simple frames but, like photographs, they constitute an integral part of the works themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>\u201cEsocalia\u201d or \u201cExokalya\u201d is a term coined by the artist himself, combining the Greek prefix &#8220;\u00e9x\u014d&#8221; (\u1f14\u03be\u03c9) that means \u201coutside\u201d with the Greek adjective \u201ckal\u00f2s\u201d (\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2) that means &#8220;beautiful.&#8221; It indicates the artistic approach of bringing out Beauty and bringing it within us. At the same time, \u201cEsocalia\u201d refers to both the outermost part (\u00e9x\u014d) of the work and the beauty (kal\u00f2s) within it.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-margin-top:50px;--awb-margin-bottom:80px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Goudy Old Style&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cMany Esocalie don&#8217;t seem to have that direct relationship<br \/>\nwith reality that is typical of photography.<br \/>\nThey seem like totally artificial images, but in reality they are photographs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>The \u201cEsocalie\u201d images are fine art prints on premium papers (cotton, baryta) or high-quality canvas. They represent visions that transcend the reality from which they originate. These images have a metaphysical atmosphere that exalts Beauty as a profound concept to be both sought and protected.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>The photographs are selected and produced to create a unique, inseparable work, seamlessly integrated with the restored elements. The \u201cEsocalie\u201d are characterized by this union between wood and images, which sustain each other in perfect balance, creating a unique and unrepeatable fusion. An artistic symbiosis between fine photography and material, as if they have always shared a common origin and an impossible, distinct destiny.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-margin-top:50px;--awb-margin-bottom:80px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Goudy Old Style&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"> \u201cThe Esocalie are unique works<br \/>\nthat tear down walls and let Beauty in.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p>The doors and windows do not surround the work, but are an integral part of it while essentially maintaining their original nature. They remain physical doors and windows, but the artist changes their intended use, enhancing their symbolic function as connecting elements between different places, environments, and dimensions.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><p>Thanks to these pieces of wood, each with its own history and its own restoration\/reclaim process, the \u201cEsocalie\u201d transcend the reproducibility typical of photography, becoming materially unrepeatable by their very nature, as well as formally unique and authentic through a sophisticated certification system.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:30px;--awb-margin-top:50px;--awb-margin-bottom:80px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Goudy Old Style&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Beauty opens the windows<br \/>\nthat fear wants to close.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-margin-bottom:100px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"592\" alt=\"Esocalie\" title=\"Esocalie\" src=\"https:\/\/esocalie.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/About_2.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esocalie.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/About_2-200x99.jpg 200w, https:\/\/esocalie.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/About_2-400x197.jpg 400w, https:\/\/esocalie.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/About_2-600x296.jpg 600w, https:\/\/esocalie.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/About_2-800x395.jpg 800w, https:\/\/esocalie.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/About_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\" style=\"--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-text-font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senzalinea.it\/giornale\/enrico-de-santis-e-le-esocalie-frammenti-di-bellezza-ritrovata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">From the article \u201cEnrico De Santis e le Esocalie: frammenti di bellezza ritrovata\u201d (Enrico De Santis and the Esocalie: Fragments of Rediscovered Beauty)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking at Enrico De Santis&#8217;s creations is like crossing a threshold. There are no boundaries, only connections: between past and present, between nature and artifice, between denunciation and poetry. Because social and environmental denunciation is a note that resonates loud and clear.  <\/p>\n<p>They are &#8220;windows open to the world, forcing us to see what we often pretend not to notice: the urgency of preserving nature, social inequality, the wounds that humanity inflicts on the planet. Thus, works like \u201cIpostasi\u201d cry out against pollution, while \u201cNexus\u201d narrates, without words, the unbearable imbalance between richer or poorer. <\/p>\n<p>The strength lies not only in the message, but in the subtle dialogue between material and image, in the way the roughness of worn wood marries the delicacy of a snapshot, in the connection between what was and what is. Unique and authentic works carved from the material, a story that tells a fragment of emotion. <\/p>\n<p>Enrico De Santis, whose lifelong reportages have chronicled the heroes who challenge the mafia, the ecological wounds of our time, and the faces and stories of those fighting for a better future, has found his most intimate and powerful synthesis in these works.<\/p>\n<p>It is his declaration of love for a planet that needs to be seen, understood, and respected.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the \u201cEsocalie\u201d travels to prestigious exhibitions and private collections, from the Genoa Biennale to the Milan Triennale, captivating eyes and hearts across Europe. But their secret remains simple and profound: they are always open doors that nourish the soul. And perhaps, in a world that builds walls and borders, this is the most revolutionary art there is.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:15px;--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-margin-bottom:80px;--awb-text-font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\">By Enrico Pentonieri<br \/>\nEditor of Senzalinea.it<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-senzalinea-it.translate.goog\/giornale\/enrico-de-santis-e-le-esocalie-frammenti-di-bellezza-ritrovata\/?_x_tr_sl=it&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=it&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapphttps:\/\/www.senzalinea.it\/giornale\/enrico-de-santis-e-le-esocalie-frammenti-di-bellezza-ritrovata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the article continues here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" 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