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ALBERTO REVIGLIO

GIARDINO NOTTURNO

a cura di Riccardo Dellaferrera

08/05/26 - 30/05/2026

Giardino Notturno emerges from the artist’s profound relationship with the memory of his childhood vacation home: an intimate and primordial space in which the garden becomes the first theater of experience and discovery. It is here that an early perception of mystery takes shape — a kind of “metaphysical” experience lived through darkness, the indecipherable beyond the hedge, and the perceptual density of that which does not immediately reveal itself.

Immersed in the night, the garden thus becomes the place where one confronts the unknown and, at the same time, oneself. This space is transformed into a symbolic realm: an environment in which the discovery of nature coincides with the discovery of the self, through a process of knowledge nourished precisely by what escapes clear and distinct vision.

In Alberto Reviglio’s work, this tension is translated into a pictorial language that strives to move beyond the visible. Gesture becomes matter, often enriched through mixed media techniques and a sophisticated use of collage, giving rise to informal outcomes in which a figurative trace nevertheless persists, especially in relation to vegetal life. It is as though, within the darkness of the canvas, fragments of nature emerge in an attempt to illuminate the mystery — reflections of a thought long nourished by literary and philosophical suggestions that inevitably lead us toward Romantic thought, firmly rooted in the foundations of Western ontology.

From this perspective, Alberto Reviglio’s work enters into dialogue with the Romantic philosophical tradition that radically rethought the relationship between humankind, nature, and mystery. Far from being an object of domination or complete rational comprehension, nature is understood as a living and unfathomable reality with which human beings maintain a deep and primordial connection. Mystery does not represent a limit to be overcome, but rather a constitutive dimension of experience, capable of opening the way to a more authentic, intuitive, and participatory form of knowledge.

What first strikes the viewer in the exhibited works is the chromatic quality of darkness itself: a darkness that is not absence, but an active and vibrant space, even more vivid and radiant in the oil paintings, capable of igniting with unnatural lights. This unexpected luminosity seems to correspond to the artist’s cognitive energy, engaging the viewer in an experience that is at once sensory and reflective. Darkness is neither denied nor dominated, but inhabited: it becomes the site of a more authentic relationship with nature, founded not on control, but on care and respect.

“Night Garden” belongs within this dimension: it does not seek to reassure the gaze, but to lead it toward a threshold where mystery is not eliminated, but embraced as a necessary condition for every authentic relationship with the world. In this perspective, mystery itself — and the anguish connected to the darkness that intimately accompanies it — far from being denied, are recognized as fundamental, inevitable, and even precious emotions, because they testify to the depth of our bond with nature and with the other.

Alberto Reviglio’s works thus invite us to dwell within the darkness, to recognize its complexity and richness, and to rediscover within it not a limit, but a vital space of knowledge and mutual respect.

Riccardo Dellaferrera, April 2026

Biographical Notes: Alberto Reviglio was born in Turin on January 19, 1964. He works as a graphic designer in the fields of publishing, architecture, design, and performing arts. He began painting in 1985 while simultaneously pursuing research in photography. He earned a Master’s Degree in Painting from the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin.