Luigi Stoisa

Luigi Stoisa’s installation consists of the succession of 15 pairs formed by the profiles of a man and a woman that join at head height, as if forming the gable of a hut. The Christmas theme is played out at its core: “I wanted to work on man, after all Christmas is a creation of man and woman”. Even the choice of monochrome colouring dilutes the festive reference to evoke rather a feeling of warmth, protection, and the values of unity, sharing and, basically, love. Fascinated by the transformation of materials, Stoisa’s research ranges from painting to terracotta and bronze sculpture, from polymateric installations to drawing, which he considers the “first form of the idea.” 

Luigi Stoisa (Selvaggio di Giaveno, Turin, 1958) had his first solo exhibition in 1984 at the Turin gallery Tucci Russo, where he exhibited Narciso, an installation with tar and painting, in which the reinterpretation of process instances is combined with a reflection on the recent return to figuration. Since then he has been the protagonist of important national and international exhibitions at institutions such as the Fundación Joan Miró in Barcelona (1985), the De Appel Foundation in Amsterdam (1986), the Museum of Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci in Prato (1988) and many others. In addition to the Noi (Us) light, he has realised several urban interventions in Turin, including the installation for the AISM in 2004, the bronze sculptures for the Italo Calvino Library in 2008, and the creation of the Holy Door for the Duomo in 2015. 

The artist's recent solo exhibitions include the one held at the Complesso Monumentale di San Francesco and the Palazzo Santa Croce in Cuneo (2024). 

Silvia Maria Sara Cammarata