Luciano Castelli deserves to be considered a "universal artist". Born in Lucerne in 1951, the artist regards painting, sculpting, photography and also performance art as his forms of expression. What all his works have in common is a subversive power, an impulsive expression and an innovative radicalness. It is for those stylistic features that Luciano Castelli can be ascribed to the "New Wild Ones". The paintings by the artist comprise numerous portraits and self-portraits, which have been brought onto the canvas in rich colors and in an expressive duct that is full of verve. Besides shrewd works in small formats, his plastic works also comprise large-sized metal works. Man as a motif dominates the photographic oeuvre of Luciano Castelli. He shows people in disguised, masked or mannered poses.
Works by Luciano Castelli are in possession of numerous renowned collections of contemporary art and thus prove the artist's rank and importance.