Dinamica dell’azione (Miti dell’azione, Mussolini a cavallo) 1939

Enrico Prampolini made ‘Dinamica dell’azione’ using oil on canvas, and well, this title says it all, doesn't it? The layers of blues and whites create movement, like a blurry photograph. It’s not just a picture, it’s a feeling. The paint is smooth and blended, which gives it this dreamy, almost ghostly quality. Look at the way the light catches the horse's head, how the white paint is almost sculpted, giving it volume and form. The rider is faceless, almost like a machine, but there is a real dynamism, a sense of power here. This idea of streamlining movement, of capturing the energy of an object or figure in motion, it reminds me a bit of Umberto Boccioni. Artists were really thinking about how to depict speed and force in new ways. There is something very particular about this piece, the hard lines and strange combination of light and darkness. Art can be a conversation, one where we question what we see and how we see it.