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.

Sotto il cielo terso e il sole generoso del Mediterraneo, l’arte diventa qualcosa di più. Un rito silenzioso. Una soglia sottile tra visibile e invisibile. La materia si alleggerisce, diventa spirito. E si rivela non come un traguardo da raggiungere, ma come una condizione interiore da abitare

Non ho mai rinnegato, in nessuna intervista, le mie radici: una vita rurale e contadina, dove il tempo è scandito dal sole e dalla luna, dal suono festoso delle campane, dal susseguirsi delle stagioni, dalla vendemmia e dai raccolti. Una vita fatta di convivialità, di legami profondi e autentici, di amicizie sincere e di persone preziose che mi affiancano nel mio lavoro. Con loro condivido la fatica, il confronto schietto e la gioia immensa di vedere, dopo mesi o addirittura anni, un’opera prendere forma, svelare il suo carattere, il suo nome e la sua energia. Da anni ho aperto una galleria a San Gimignano che, insieme a quella di Pietrasanta, è diventata un rifugio: un luogo in cui potermi ritirare per qualche ora o qualche giorno, per riconnettermi con quel mondo che da sempre mi ispira e continua a guidarmi nel mio percorso artistico e nel messaggio che desidero trasmettere al mondo. In questo spazio, il mio concetto di “energia della vita” si intensifica, si rafforza e mi permette di ritrovare un equilibrio profondo con me stesso. La telefonata ricevuta dal Consorzio della Vernaccia di San Gimignano è stata per me un momento di grande emozione e riconoscimento: un segno tangibile del mio legame con questa terra straordinaria, con la sua cultura e con la bellezza che riesce a infondere in chiunque abbia la fortuna di viverla, proteggerla e promuoverla.

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.