L’Officina del Volo
The exhibition consists of more than 150 works (posters, paintings, sculptures, photographs, documents, and objects of design) that illustrate the birth of flight across advertising and art, through the major artists’ interpretation (1910 -1945).
The exhibition encompasses an important group of aeropainting artworks by Giacomo Balla, A. Gauro Ambrosi, Luigi Bonazza, Osvaldo Bruschetti, Anselmo Bucci, Vittorio Corona, Fillia, Osvaldo Licini, Plinio Nomellini, Guglielmo Sansoni, Mario Sironi, Tato, and others; aerosculptures by Renato Bosso, Mino Rosso, Luigi Spazzpan, Thayaht. In addition, it includes an important group of commemorative and promotional posters made by Gino Boccasile, Plinio Codognato, Fortunato Depero, Umberto Di Lazzaro, Luigi Martinati, Alberto Mastroianni, Aldo Mazza, Adolfo Wildt, photographs and handwritten documents by Italo Balbo and Gabriele D'Annunzio.
EXHIBITION SITE
| 2013 | The Willis Tower, Chicago - Illinois Wings of Italy Italian aeropainting from 1910 to 1935 |
| 2009 | Civico Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Varese L’Officina del Volo - Futurismo, Pubblicità e Design 1908–1938 |
| 2004 | Casa Mussolini, Predappio - Forlì-Cesena Il Volo, l’arte e il mito |
| 2003 | Museo Nazionale del Cinema Mole Antonelliana, Torino Oggi si Vola! Manifesti, pitture e sculture aeronautiche del Novecento italiano |
| 2003 | Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York - NY Wings of Italy. Italian Aviation Posters. 1910-1943 |
| 2002 | Richard J. Daley Civic Center, Chicago - IL Wings of Italy. Italian Aviation Posters. 1910-1943 |
| 2002 | Museo “G. Caproni”, Trento Planespotting. Manifesti Aeronautici Italiani 1910-1943 |
| 2002 | Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, Londra Planespotting Italian aviation posters 1910-1943 |
| 2000 | Spazio Ex Manifattura Tabacchi, Bologna Ali d'Italia. Manifesti e dipinti sul volo in Italia. 1908-1943 |
| 2000 | Spazio Aeroporto di Bologna “G.Marconi” Ali d'Italia. Manifesti e dipinti sul volo in Italia. 1908-1943 |
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