A curation by Flavio Scaloni, Gallery Manager at Galerie Lo Scalo - The theme of the Airplane is a powerful artistic subject because it embodies the ultimate expression of human technological mastery, ambition, and the conquest of gravity. It symbolizes progress, freedom, travel, and modernity, while also carrying a darker psychological connotation of vulnerability, war, and the desire for omniscient perspective. The airplane's influence began in the early 20th century with Futurism, a movement that celebrated the beauty of speed and mechanical energy. For Futurists like Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, the airplane was the pinnacle of modernity. Works by Futurist painters, such as Gino Severini’s L'Aeroplano (The Airplane, 1913), captured the sensation of flight, using fragmented forms and dynamic lines to convey speed and the merging of machine and sky. Post-1950, the airplane became a recurring motif in Pop and Minimal Art, reflecting industrialized travel and Cold War anxieties. A direct reference is the work of James Rosenquist, who used aviation imagery in his massive Pop Art canvases, such as the painting F-111 (1965), which explores the fighter jet as a symbol of American military-industrial power. The spirit of Futurism—its embrace of technological progress and dynamic motion—continues to inspire contemporary artists.