Critico dell’arte e curatore The Ecclesiastical Magisterium in Artistic Reflection The image of God and the power of the Trinity—as well as scenes of saints and martyrs—have, for many centuries, found in the boundless expressive modes of Art – from mosaic to fresco, from Byzantine icons to oil painting – an extraordinary means of making […]
Critico d’arte e curatore Renato Li Vigni: Art as spiritual alchemy – The Light that passes through the Soul From the very first centuries of Christian mystical thought, the question of Light as a manifestation of the divine has enthralled philosophers, theologians and artists alike.Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, father of apophatic theology, wrote that “divine light […]
Sculptor and teacher of Renato Li Vigni Renato Li vigni a flood of memories I have known Renato Li Vigni for years. From his creative flair and indomitable will there emerges a radiant soul, perfectly expressed in his recent paintings: the bright, warm colours of his native land, Sicily, with its blinding light that dazzles […]
museologist and art historian Renato Li Vigni beyond the light Light is life, knowledge, energy in its pure state, universal beauty, structural substance, symbolic definition, metaphorical suggestion, conceptual intent, natural propulsion, existential sustenance—but also purity of the soul and a quest for something that cannot be explained by reason. Renato Li Vigni is a profound […]
antique dealer and owner of the Bellini Museum in Florence Renato Li Vigni a sea of distant colors And just as the waves of the sea take on colour and change direction according to the wind, the clouds, and the hues of dawn and sunset, so colour becomes visible in Renato Li Vigni’s work.It is […]
presbyter, university professor, writer The divine light that embraces a people on the move RENATO LI VIGNI Introduction Renato Li Vigni’s artwork for the 2025 Jubilee This piece, created through an intense dialogue between the artist and myself, becomes a meaningful sign for the coming Jubilee and fits naturally into the Church’s synodal journey. Following […]
Gallerist “Ronda de Luz” Renato Li Vigni’s art—born in Barinas, Venezuela and transplanted to Italy at the age of nine—is grounded in lived experience transposed into an abstract, matter-based painting language.His canvases carry an indispensable toolkit: light, which discovers, unveils and reveals, and matter, the other constant in his work. Endlessly varied across the surface, […]
art critic – art historian – curator From color reborn in spirit To be reborn through colour—plunging into its densities, its weaves of light.It means returning to primeval matter, to the maternal womb, to life’s very origin. For someone like Renato Li Vigni, who has always made colour the vehicle of an experience that is […]
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