Reading on the Cultural Significance of the Wind’s Image in Corrente’s Group

One of the identifiable features of paintings realised by a prominent artist in Corrente’s group is the representation of human figures or objects caught in movement in an atmospheric spatial setting. They are often seen suspended, hanging, or flying mid-air, floating in a disquieting emptiness. Since the wind’s motive implies an anti-classical aesthetic, it also has a philosophical and political meaning, for instance, the desire to distance itself from the totalitarian design of the fascist regime. The image of wind frequently appears to express the connection with transalpine European modern culture, poetry, and art in which the Milanese movement is involved.1