“Fillia’s letters testify to his close ties with and faith in Pozzo, to the extent that when he found himself in bad health, he asked Pozzo to take his place, even in organizational matters. Marinetti’s letters make it clear that, as Futurism’s creator, he treated his followers as friends to whom he unfailingly provided encouraging support through his direct presence. However, this supportive atmosphere disappeared after the last war. The remaining Futurists experienced a difficult post-World War II period, to which Pozzo reacted with the silence and secluded work of an artist who reused certain themes to leave behind a reminder of what he had already achieved. Unfortunately, some of these works were destroyed in the bombing of Gino Simonetti’s studio, the friend and painter to whom Pozzo had entrusted his works during the war…”

Marzio Pinottini