Carlo Franza, 1991

“The propositions of Luigi Sergi, one of the most interesting young Italian artists today, now have a very strong personal stamp and are gaining attention from critics. It is worth highlighting those sculptopaintings articulated in different spatial levels that represent Luigi Sergi’s new work, as they express in their symbolic and metaphorical fragments the evocation of ancestral moods and fantasies, memories and fables of rituals and popular mythologies felt over the years and through the transmission of symbols. All of this, together with a strong contemporary presence, marks a deep anchoring in the civilization of images, offering his work a sort of fascinating proposal of sculptopainting that sometimes verges on the moment of play, of recovering various artifacts and reusing them in a sensitive connection with design. Luigi Sergi possesses

the uncommon gift of infusing his icons with a diffuse naturalness that makes their forms clear and therefore lovable but at the same time obscures their origins, enshrouds their path.”