A curation by Flavio Scaloni, Gallery Manager at Galerie Lo Scalo - The theme of Verticality—expressed through lines, stripes, and soaring forms—is a fundamental artistic concern, symbolizing aspiration, spiritual ascent, and the human drive toward monumentality. Psychologically, vertical lines convey stability, authority, and perpetual upward motion. This elemental quality makes it a powerful source of inspiration, contrasting the stable earth with the infinite sky. In 20th-century art, Verticality became synonymous with Modernism. After 1950, it was notably explored in Minimalist and Abstract Expressionist works. Barnett Newman, for example, used his signature vertical "zips" in paintings like Vir Heroicus Sublimis (1950-51) to define space and evoke the sublime. Similarly, the stark, towering forms in the steel sculptures of Richard Serra emphasize mass and vertical dominance. A world-famous photographer who redefined architectural verticality is Andreas Feininger. His dramatic, high-contrast, up-close images of Manhattan skyscrapers, such as the famous The Photo-Mural of the New York Skyline (c. 1950s), use extreme vertical perspectives to convey the overwhelming scale and rhythm of the urban environment. This collection examines how contemporary artists use the vertical dimension to capture energy, structure, and transcendence.