: Aeropainting dominated Italian Futurist art during the 1930s and
an exhibition devoted to this dynamic subject, "Futurist Skies:
Italian Aeropainting," will be staged by the Estorick Collection
of Modern Italian Art, 39a Canonbury Square, from January 6 to
February 20.
Aeropainting embodied the Futurists fascination with speed,
technology and the machine and the 60 works to be exhibited
exemplify their dramatic and often intensely poetic imagery of
flight.
Fedele Azari (1896-1930), pilot, photographer and painter, was
the pioneer of aeropainting, creating the first works of the
genre in the mid-1920s. The exhibition includes one of his first
paintings, entitled "Futurist Aerial Theatre."
Giacomo Balla (1871-1958) joined the Futurists in 1910 and soon
became preoccupied with their aim of portraying movement. He is
represented by a ceramic plate dating from around 1928 that is
boldly painted with a design of three aeroplanes in flight.
Enrico Prampolini (1894-1956) was the leading exponent of
aeropainting. Shown will be "The Pilot of Infinity" of 1932 and
"Figures in Space" of 1935.
For information, www.EstorickCollection.com. Hours are
Wednesday to Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm; Sunday, 12 to 5 pm.
Admission is £3.50. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully
illustrated catalog published by Mazzotta.
