I woke up this morning to find that Guildford had received its fair share of the 20 centimetres of snow that descended on London and the south-east over night.
Not only am I unable to get into London, I don’t think I’ll be getting any post today either!
The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art has opened its first exhibition of 2009, Futurism 100!
The exhibition is divided into two parts:
Unique Forms – The drawings and sculptures of Umberto Boccioni
Luca Buvoli – Velocity Zero
2009 marks the Umberto Boccioni, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Jacob Epstein responding. This new exhibition at the Estorick marks the 100 year anniversary with works displayed by Italian artists, and perhaps the most significant of the five artists associated with the first wave of Futurist painting, Umberto Boccioni.
Alongside these artworks is a film entitled ‘Velocity Zero’ by contemporary artist Luca Buvoli, created for the gallery in response to the Futurist manifesto. In this installation he explores the themes that fascinated the Futurists. Buvoli has stated:
“I am revisiting Italian Futurism and its co-option by Fascism not out of historical interest, but because of the parallels with demagogic strategies used today by mediative societies… In my work I deal with philosophical, psychological and sociological issues, and try to propose, within a discrete and creative vision, an alternative to our society‚Äôs celebration of violence.”
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Futurism 100! runs from 14 January – 19 April 2009. Further information is available at www.estorickcollection.com/exhibitions and the latest email newsletter designed and built by TheFrameworks can be viewed here
