Du paysage

In ‘Le stagioni e rovi’ (Seasons and Thorns), Rinaldo Invernizzi celebrates the cycle of the seasons through variations on the theme of landscape. ‘Du paysage’ (On Landscape) introduces his paintings to the musicality of time, accompanying the 2021 music festival ‘Dans les Jardins de William Christie’ (In the Gardens of William Christie), organised by the founder of the ensemble Les Arts Florissants.
Lush green, deep blue, intense yellow and fiery red evoke distinctive images of spring, summer and autumn. Conspicuously absent is winter, replaced with a series of paintings characterised by thorns, following those of autumn. By applying the paint with thick, energetic brush strokes, the artist uses paint not only for colour but also for its expressive quality as a substance.
The monumental vegetation, mysterious and playful at once, reveals and hides, suggesting other presences: a flower, an insect, a shimmering light, a hidden egg. A landscape, that even in its thorny expression, is alive; a fertile ground for constant renewal and growth. A landscape of ‘hope’.