ROME : Laser lights slash through atmospheric smoke, illuminating the crowd and creating a live futurist painting on Piazza del Popolo, while a sound sculpture evoked the cacaphonic and noise-filled poetry of Marinetti. Green, indigo and red, the preferred colors of painters Balla, Boccioni and Calle, made diagonals and sweeping stripes.
Photos by Mauro Benedetti
Giacomo Balla, Speeding Auto , 1913. Oil on board. Galleria d¹Arte Moderna, Milano (Photo by Mauro Benedetti)
(Photo by Mauro Benedetti)
(Photo by Mauro Benedetti)
(Photo by Mauro Benedetti)
Gino Severini, Danseuse, 1915. Oil on burlap. Guggenheim Museum
One of four aerial dancers performing in front of Milan’s Palazzo Marino
Aerial Dancer in Milan
Giacomo Balla, Veil of widow – landscape , 1916. Oil on board. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto
Playful performers in Milan’s Galleria
Mino Della Site, Rombo di motori , 1932. Oil on Board.
