Valerio D'Angelo's Solo Exhibition at Valentina Bonomo Gallery in Rome

Valerio D'Angelo (b. 1993, Rome) presents a solo exhibition titled 'Too Far for Light to Travel' at Valentina Bonomo Gallery in Rome, following an installation at Spazio Supernova in Trastevere. The show combines audacious experimentation with technical precision, drawing on the artist's restoration expertise. D'Angelo uses reflective glass and dichroic film—the same material used in astronaut visors—to manipulate light and space. The exhibition includes a large installation of seven transparent columns coated internally with dichroic film, inviting viewer interaction. Wall-mounted paintings feature iridescent surfaces that shift color depending on the viewing angle, challenging frontal perspectives. The title references the physical limit of photon travel (15 billion light-years), the boundary of the observable universe and empirical knowledge. The gallery space extends beyond its walls through projections of manipulated dichroic film images, suggesting unexplored constellations. The exhibition explores intersections of material art and philosophy of science.