ANDREA ROGGI
Biography
Andrea Roggi was born on 2 July 1962 in Castiglion Fiorentin (Tuscany, Italy). During his adolescence, he began to cultivate a number of interests, including painting and poetry, until he gradually concentrated on sculpture. The event that marked a real artistic turning point in his life was a visit to the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, where he was literally entranced by ‘The Trinity’, a fresco by the Renaissance painter and fellow Italian Masaccio. In 1991, he set up the art studio ‘La Scultura di Andrea Roggi’. He began by working in bronze, using the lost-wax casting method. Wishing to go even further, he studied chemistry and metallurgy to perfect and personalise his technique.
His “Trees of Life” are inspired by the ancient cypress and olive trees that surround the artist’s studio. The human figures are integrated into the plant forms, blending into a homogeneous whole imbued with magical realism, where the various elements blend together to create dazzling works.
His sculptures are the materialisation of archetypes and ideas: while remaining rooted in figuration, Andrea Roggi develops an aesthetic vocabulary that is both abstract and poetic. His emblematic “Trees of Life” reveal a profound allegorical meditation, an existential reflection on the Cosmos and the Time and History that create them. His figures represent the whole of humanity, forged and shaped by time and space, with the material bronze illustrating this metamorphosis.
