In the heart of Sardinia, where the wind meets the rocks and silence holds ancient memories, the sculptures of Andrea Roggi rise like timeless symbols. These artworks feel like they come from the land itself, deeply connected to nature and the Mediterranean landscape. Each piece is more than sculpture—it’s a story of emotion, memory, and connection. Andrea Roggi doesn’t just shape figures. He creates visions. His art expresses a deep desire to grow, to rise, to reach something higher. Every sculpture is a movement toward life, light, and meaning.

His bronze creations blend with the natural surroundings. They don’t dominate—they welcome you. They invite you to pause, to breathe, to feel. These works are not meant to impress. They are meant to be experienced. And in that still moment, you realize: art is energy. It’s presence. It’s love in its purest form. This is where a new idea of freedom takes shape. Not the freedom to escape, but the freedom to connect—to belong. Roggi’s art shows us that we are not separate from the world, but part of it. Through his sculptures, we remember who we are and where we come from.

Under the clear skies and generous Mediterranean sun, art becomes something more. A silent ritual. A subtle threshold between the visible and invisible. Matter lightens, becomes spirit. And it reveals itself not as a goal to be reached, but as an inner condition to be inhabited

I have never denied, in any interview, my roots: a rural and peasant life, where time is marked by the sun and the moon, the festive sound of bells, the succession of the seasons, the grape harvest and the harvests. A life made up of conviviality, deep and authentic bonds, sincere friendships and precious people who support me in my work. With them I share the fatigue, the frank confrontation and the immense joy of seeing, after months or even years, a work take shape, reveal its character, its name and its energy. For years now, I have opened a gallery in San Gimignano which, together with the one in Pietrasanta, has become a refuge: a place where I can retreat for a few hours or a few days, to reconnect with that world that has always inspired me and continues to guide me in my artistic journey and in the message I wish to convey to the world. In this space, my concept of the 'energy of life' is intensified, strengthened and allows me to regain a profound balance with myself. The phone call I received from the Consortium of Vernaccia di San Gimignano was for me a moment of great emotion and recognition: a tangible sign of my bond with this extraordinary land, with its culture and with the beauty that it succeeds in instilling in anyone who is fortunate enough to experience, protect and promote it.

After having dedicated the work Tree of Peace to Florence, to commemorate the victims of the Via dei Georgofili massacre, Andrea Roggi returns to the Tuscan capital with a new exhibition. From 10 May to 8 August 2025, the Basilica di San Lorenzo complex will host Humanitas. La Forza dell'Amore, which explores the artist's artistic language, establishing a connection with the history and space of the place.
Roggi's monumental bronze sculptures, exhibited in numerous European and non-European cities, are unmistakable thanks to a highly original stylistic signature and an extraordinary expressive force. His figures, depicted in embraces in a synthesis of strength and tenderness, as in Per sempre Tu or in Un Amore senza Tempo, take on the appearance of tree trunks and their arms, turned towards the sky, turn into olive tree fronds, whose golden leaves seem to release vital energy. The roots are often inscribed in the globe, a sign of a deep and unbreakable bond with nature. They are representations of the Tree of Life, a theme that has always been dear to Roggi, emanations of vital energy, a union of matter and spirit. The dynamic fusion technique, invented and patented by the artist himself, allows these works to defy the laws of physics, suspending matter in incredible balances that create a unique relationship with the environments in which they are placed.
Humanitas. La Forza dell'Amore (The Strength of Love), curated by art historian Laura Speranza, recounts, through nine works, the long career of the Tuscan artist, starting from the first anthropomorphic bronze statue, Atman, created by Roggi in the 1980s, in his early twenties, using the lost-wax casting technique, and placed in the small cloister of the basilica, up to the most recent L'Energia della Conoscenza (The Energy of Knowledge), conceived for this exhibition. The most recent sculptures combine traditional casting with microcasting and dynamic casting, creating a variety of material effects that are a sign of constant evolution in artistic research. Four large bronzes will have as their backdrop the unfinished façade of the Brunelleschi-designed basilica and its side fixture, both in warm sandstone. 
In the large cloister to the left of the Laurentian church, four more works will be exhibited that will confront the rigour of its Renaissance architecture. This space, with its lush greenery and the orange tree that stands in the centre, becomes a perfect natural stage for Roggi's sculptures. In his poetic imagery, we often find the tree element, a symbol of life and connection: whether it be the olive tree or, at times, the cypress, distinctive presences in the Tuscan landscape, they are linked to the iconography of the great ancient and modern pictorial tradition, from Beato Angelico to Leonardo, from Paolo Uccello to Ottone Rosai and Ardengo Soffici.