Italian Futurism was one of the most dynamic, controversial and
unpredictable movements in early modern art. The artists of
Futurism celebrated the revolutionary furor and breakneck
technological pace of life in the nascent 20th century, embracing
its contradictions and its frequent descents into violence. This
expansive overview is the first undertaking of its kind in the
United States, and should prove an eyeopener.
*Time Out New York*
An enormous exhibition of the Italian Futurist movement occupies
the snail-shell of the Guggenheim Museum this spring and summer.
The Futurists were dedicated to motion—but not the meditative pace
that Frank Lloyd Wright’s ramp imposes on the viewer; more the
revving of a Lamborghini, or better yet a Ducati motorcycle,
relentlessly powering up, up, up and away, its engine knocking,
spewing exhaust, mowing down everything in its path. The Futurists
believed in the machine, in making a great big fuss, in being
young. For a brief moment, they were arguably the most influential
aesthetic provocateurs in the world.
*The New York Review of Books*
'Italian Futurism'...provides a refreshingly expanded view of the
movement's trajectory.
*Artforum*
'Italian Futurism, 1909-44: Reconstructing the Universe' traces the
history of the multidisciplinary movement, which celebrated all
things fast, robust and mechanical, from its founding manifesto in
1909 to its end after the Second World War.
*The Art Newspaper*
The Italian Futurists saw themselves as soldiers of speed and
mechanics, fighting in the name of progress.
*W*
'Italian Futurism, 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe' aims to
examine paintings and sculptures that have long been recognized as
modernist masterpieces alongside works of architecture, design and
pure public spectacle that fueled the dream of a total Futurist
art.
*Art in America*
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