Roberto Almagno: Sculpting Light and Silence Roberto Almagno (born in Aquino, Italy, 1954) is an Italian sculptor whose singular approach to material—exclusively wood sourced from the forests surrounding Rome—has garnered international acclaim. His work embodies a profound connection with nature and explores themes of lightness, balance, and temporal suspension, reflecting a lifelong fascination with capturing fleeting moments of beauty and conveying a sense of contemplative stillness. Trained initially under sculptors Giuseppe Mazzullo and Pericle Fazzini at the Istituto d’Arte (1968-1971)…