Aprire le zolle

Primo Marella Gallery in Lugano is pleased to present, on June 21st, the new exhibition by Agostino Arrivabene, entitled "Aprire le Zolle. Visioni dal Sottosuolo" ("Opening the Clods. Visions from the Underworld"), on the occasion of the summer solstice. Through a play of references between light and shadow, birth and transformation, the artist explores the power of a creative act rooted both in the earth and in the depths of the human soul.

The title of the exhibition draws inspiration from one of Alda Merini's most emblematic poems, "Sono nata il ventuno a primavera" ("I Was Born on the 21st of Spring"), which celebrates rebirth and storm, the meeting between the invisible and the visible. In this profound dialogue with the poetess, Arrivabene traces a symbolic line connecting the spring equinox to the summer solstice, two extremes of a cycle that are reflected in the artistic gesture as a hypotenuse of love.

Opening the Clods is not just a physical act but a metaphysical gesture: to dig, to till, to bring to light what has remained hidden. The works on display seem to germinate from fertile soil, bringing visions to the surface that traverse the underworld and touch upon the unconscious, the tragic, and the mystical. Like Persephone, the goddess who walks between worlds, the artist invites the viewer to discover a realm where light and shadow merge into an abyss of meanings and revelations.

It is an invitation to immerse oneself in a journey that goes beyond the surface, to rediscover the primal force of creation and existence.