I have been able several times to have the pleasure of seeing the works of my friend Sergio Viscardi , aka SerGiotto, especially on the occasion of one of the exhibitions that I conceived and realized in Ostia Antica, at the Sala Riario. SerGiotto is a multifaceted artist, who moves practically in total multiplicity of expression in all artistic forms of contemporary expression. He is a painter, decorator, illustrator, graphic designer, sculptor and even a photographer and musician. His art envelops and impresses both the viewer and the art expert by the multiplicity of his soul, but also by that bursting desire to express himself and communicate his messages. In SerGiotto's works there clearly appears the will to condemn and denounce the daily reality, the evils, ugliness and crimes of our times capable of distorting the viewer in a whirlwind of endless media messages. SerGiotto then with his works tells us about the evils of the troubled times we are going through: from the corruption of multinational corporations to the economic-health mess of the CoViD period, from the rampant poverty both in Europe and elsewhere, to the exaggerated use of cell phones. SerGiotto manages to be not only a witness and spectator but also a true demiurge of phenomena, transforming his experiences and sensations into a multi-material and multimedia production, as if he himself could not lock himself into a single form material, as it is too basic and does not express that swirl of the as they are too basic and do not express that swirl of reality that we are living. Lately he exhibited at the Polo Espositivo della "Vaccheria" in Rome, where he achieved considerable success with the public and critics, in which SerGiotto showed, again through his works, this malaise that unites us all a bit. I love SerGiotto's Artwork, because it impresses me in its colorful protean essence, which reflects my whole being, as an art dealer, appraiser, restorer, who, as I have repeatedly written and said, is attracted to the whole world. And so the artist with all his multi-material works, engages and overwhelms the viewer, allowing him to touch the projection of his his many souls. One last word about his four-dimensional works, in which he inserts everyday objects, first of all the cell phone, which he stigmatizes as a "master of our existence," an object that in the 1990s was born for simple verbal communication, and today has become a method that simulates our very existence. which in the hands of fragile people could overpower and replace their soul and being. SerGiotto in his three-dimensional painting "Mnemonic Recovery" with that cell phone stuck in the palm of his bleeding hand, exemplarily represents this sad reality, with that amnos which is a metaphor for our soul, bleeding from the inability to oppose what is now a contingent reality that prevents Man from being truly free.
Cesare Agostinelli: Expert and dealer in ancient, modern and contemporary art. Artistic expert and restorer.
“Sergio Viscardi's world is multifaceted and profound: it speaks to us of a daily lived reality and inner dreams. The gasometer, an obsolete iron giant, one of the symbols of industrial archaeology, is repeated several times and with several colors in a painting by the artist. To break the monumentality of the work two drawn figures of children playing football. Poetic is the work that represents a little girl who takes flight with a red umbrella, held by a male figure. A subject on which one could talk for hours, attributing opposite and controversial meanings to the message. And then red, blue and black umbrellas in a well-balanced game of colors and shapes. The hand coming out of a blue rippling water and the screaming woman make the artist's other work extremely creepy. Inner research and continuous observation of the surrounding world.
Alfio Borghese: Art critic
In SerGiotto's art there is always an almost rhythmic research, typical of an engineer or an architect, an art that simplifies and highlights the subject, it remains impressed in you, because the studies that one does one carries with them throughout life, classicism, memory, discussion. This creativity, this kindness, is transmitted in this painting, this puppet man, the hand that offers it, makes the picture very interesting, typical of a researcher attentive to the decoration of the environment.
Egidio Eleuteri and Plinio Perilli: Art critics
The artist Sergio Viscardi is an Italian sculptor and painter with an impressive career. He is a very eclectic artist that I had the pleasure of meeting recently in Dubai. For me it is an honor to cross my path as a curator with many artists from different fields and listen to their journeys. Sergio Viscardi has also worked in the field of graphics and the collaboration with Maestro Ennio Morricone stands out. But apart from his remarkable career I was surprised how he manages to reinvent himself while also exploring various aspects of art adding new life and fresh ideas.
Emma Chiaramonte: Gallery owner and art critic
I believe that SerGiotto's painting is very much influenced by his passion for graphics, he wants to hit the viewer at all costs as is done in advertising and he is a Master in this, and this is his art.
Amedeo Bonifacio: Art critic
Sergio Viscardi, in arte SerGiotto, scultore e pittore internazionale che gioca con l'arte, proponendo opere quadrimensionale che "fuoriescono" dal quadro, come prolungamento del pensiero che vuole colpire chi guarda. ama sperimentare e "giocare" con diversi materiali, legno, gesso, cartone, oggetti vari, banconote persino, realizzando opere assai originali, spesso di denuncia verso una società corrotta e schiavo del consumismo. Artista poliedrico e assai prolifico, per i suoi quadri usa tecniche varie, dal classico colore ad olio ai pastelli e altro, aggiungendo alle sue tele tagli o spessore materico, talvolta usando entrambi, crea dialoghi tra immaginazione ed emotività, articolando la sua produzione artistica in una multivisione di contenuti ed elementi simbolici. Per SerGiotto l'arte contemporanea concettuale è pura espressione dell'anima, senza la quale - afferma - non sarebbe arte. L’artista propone una serie di opere facenti parte della serie "Dalla Quarta Dimensione", che coinvolgono l'osservatore in modo diretto e deciso, anche per mezzo del forte impatto emotivo della sintesi concettuale, espressa tramite gruppi figurativi di immagini dall'intensa connotazione metaforica. La riflessione sulla vana frenesia della società moderna, spesso egoista e crudele e sulla condizione umana, attanagliata dalla solitudine e ingannata dalla falsa vanagloria delle ambizioni terrene, colpisce l'osservatore in modo immediato, grazie alla combinazione tra acceso cromatismo e proiezione spaziale. Sergio Viscardi è nato a Roma e ha conseguito la Maturità Artistica nel 1973 e a poi seguito gli studi nella Facoltà di Architettura per poi intraprendere, oltre la Pittura e la Grafica, la strada del Cinema e della Televisione. Nel campo della Graphic Design sono notevoli le sue creazioni che lo portano a realizzare oltre 130 tra copertine di dischi in vinile e la realizzazione di grafiche e libretti di CD per molti musicisti di livello internazionale tra cui spicca il nome del Maestro Ennio Morricone. Alcune copertine dei dischi in vinile realizzate da Sergio Viscardi sono diventate dei cult a livello mondiale.
Manuela Minelli: Giornalista, scrittrice e esperta d'arte
SerGiotto ci diverte con la sua Arte, trasportandoci in un mondo dove il pensiero si traduce in opere che profumano di provocazione e denuncia. Il suo è uno stile eclettico caratterizzato da una continua sperimentazione di generi, forme e materiali. Dalla pittura, all’Arte Digitale fino alla rappresentazione della quarta dimensione in cui le opere fuoriescono dalla loro dimora protendendo verso l'osservatore. A testimonianza di questo approccio artistico l'opera “Eva la prima influencer”. Un'opera essenziale per composizione e cromatismi, dove protagoniste sono le tonalità dorate nelle loro molteplici sfumature. Un’opera che ha il sapore di provocazione. Dallo squarcio di un quadro, che sembra configurarsi come un omaggio allo Spazialismo di Fontana, fuoriescono due mani che reggono una mela già addentata, simbolo del Peccato originale. Eva, La prima Donna ad aver ceduto alla tentazione mangiando il frutto proibito. Eva che attraverso la sua trasgressione diviene per Sergiotto metafora dell'uomo odierno, un uomo che pur conoscendo il male non riesce a resistere alle tentazioni offerte dal mondo malato in cui vive, facendosi influenzare quotidianamente da serpenti multiformi. Un uomo che pur essendo schiavo si crede libero, un uomo che si nutre esclusivamente di frutti proibiti, un uomo che ha perso il baricentro del suo Essere, il controllo del proprio pensiero, l'equilibrio della propria vita, diventando immagine e somiglianza del Nulla. Un'identita ormai smarrita dietro lo schermo di uno smartphone, dove l'immagine esteriore del sè è catturata da Selfie, mentre L'lnteriorità viene mangiata dal mondo, lo stesso da cui ci lasciamo tentare. La mela che Eva ci porge oggi ha le sembianze più svariate e noi non ci limitiamo a morderla ma la divoriamo fino al nocciolo, arrivando a perdere il senso del nostro esistere. Sergiotto invita ciascuno di noi a guardarci allo specchio, ad aprire gli occhi dell’Anima per ritrovare l'interiorità che abbiamo perduto, per riacquisire la nostra identità senza timore, bensl con la forza di rinunciare a tutte le mele che ci vengono offerte. DOTTORESSA CHIARA CROCI
Chiara Croci: CRITICAL COMMENT BY DOCTOR CHIARA CROCI
Sergio Viscardi, also known as Sergiotto, is a sculptor, painter and photographer whose passion is art, he proposes three-dimensional works that "come out" of the painting, as an extension of the thought that wants to amaze the viewer. He loves to experiment and "play" with different materials, such as wood, plastic, cardboard, various objects, even banknotes, he creates very original works, often condemning corrupt society and enslaving consumerism. A multifaceted and prolific artist, he uses different techniques for his paintings, from classic oil colors to pastels and more, adding cuts or thicknesses of materials to his paintings, sometimes using both, creating dialogues between imagination and emotion.
Al Owais Dubai 2022: Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation, Dubai
Sergio Viscardi, aka SerGiotto, was born in Rome in 1956. He discovered at a young age his passion for everything related to the world of art and design and thus achieved artistic maturity, going on to study at the Faculty of Architecture. He has always been multifaceted and expresses himself through painting, graphics, film, music and television. He drew his first graphics in the 1970s, these were soon noticed nationally and internationally, and he was thus commissioned to execute covers for records by great artists such as Ennio Morricone. His current artistic activity focuses on experimentation that allows him to make his social criticisms explicit. In part, these new ideas derive precisely from the concepts of spatialism and thus from the ideas propagated by Lucio Fontana. Thus the possibility of creating works that break through space and burst into context becomes central. The fourth dimension becomes essential, with objects that break through the picture from inside or outside. In his works, the concept is indulged by the title, which sometimes also serves as a key to interpretation. He tries to find a liberation from the technology that subjugates us to its magnetic force and distances us from real life away from screens. He wants to imagine a situation where people return to thinking about the social and political context without being influenced by social media and biased information. He thus wants a liberating art that succeeds in urging human beings to elevate themselves.
Alexandra Tetter of Selling Paintings: Art Criticism and Historian
Sergio Viscardi, aka SerGiotto, presents a series of works that are part of the "Three-dimensional Hypothesis" series, in which the artist, taking inspiration from the cuts on Lucio Fontana's canvas, makes the space acquire another dimension by involving the observer in a direct and decisive way, also through the strong emotional impact of the conceptual synthesis, expressed through figurative groups of images with an intense metaphorical connotation. The reflection on the vain frenzy of modern society, often selfish and cruel, and on the human condition, gripped by loneliness and deceived by the false vainglory of earthly ambitions, reaches the observer immediately, thanks to the combination of bright chromaticism and spatial projection. "
Irene Pazzaglia: Art Criticism
In these paintings we touch reality, so stark, SerGiotto Artist's works comment on themselves. Each work, as it should be, does not need a title because everyone who looks at it gives it the title he or she sees fit, because the vision is blatant, the reality is even more stark, and moreover, the works are also very meaningful because they really have a strong meaning, especially the three-dimensional ones. But above all, the work that most impressed me is the triptych “Humanity” because it is emblematic, it gave me a certain uneasiness for that suspended life, thinking of those who, on the contrary, have mocked their lives by closing it.
Mario Salvo: International Critic and Master of Stratigraphic Spatula
“War in its most atrocious details: missiles that break through walls, bullets that pierce windows, Kalashnikovs in the home with drawings of children and signs with writings that speak of home, sweet home. Or a crowd that asks for help, that surrenders in front of the now grayed and destroyed earth, that tries to save itself trying to grasp in vain the gigantic hand of God, taken from Michelangelo's Last Judgment. SerGiotto describes with his paintings the atrocities of war and the countless victims. And which, on the other hand, makes the sellers of death earn millions, indicated with a round of money and the obscene gesture of the middle finger. A macabre realism also in the installations where there is still talk of shell casings, bullets, soldiers holding the corpses of children in their hands, humans clinging to Fontana's cut canvases. A conceptual artist, therefore, who wanted to update his compositions to express a firm condemnation of war and its consequences".
Alfio Borghese: Art critic
There is a subtle irony in the picture "A beautiful day" is luck, there is the..you win...you don't win. It recalls Cattelan's irreverent raised middle finger which, at times, can disturb the people who watch it. On the contrary, this work "Il Fate" has that irony that makes it different, it makes us understand that fortune is blind, that fortune can smile or, on the contrary, laugh. That raised middle finger expresses the concept well and SerGiotto underlines this irony... this sarcasm in his works.
Egidio Eleuteri: Art critic
Sergio Viscardi has an impressive career. Many important collaborations during his career, among which Ennio Morricone stands out. Multimedia artist, sculptor and photographer with a multifaceted personality. With his art he intends to draw attention to the consumerist and slave society. In the Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, Mnemonic Recovery and Hold Me! are exhibited.
Emma Chiaramonte: Gallery owner and art critic
"Sergio Viscardi's works are strong and disturbing: a modern Eve in a red slipper, with her heel broken by violence, emerges alarmingly from a frame, carrying the snake and the apple with her. The message is distressing and the impact powerful In the other work the man reflects himself, forced between two perspectives, in pain and imprisoned”.
Alfio Borghese: Art critic