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Futurism Art

1909-1914
Italy

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By Neal McLaughlin


" The pen is mightier than the sword! " At one time or another we have all been exposed to this statement and have felt the strength contained in these 7 little words. We understand that the written word, when used with authority, can cut us deeper than the keenest edge of the sharpest rapier

When applied to the art world this cliché can also be adapted to hold true that the brush is mightier than the sword. Alone, the written word is an extremely powerful form of communicating our thoughts, ideas, likes and dislikes.

But when one combines script with the philosophies and styles of the visual arts the two become a combustible material that may very well explode into a movement guaranteed to send concussion waves throughout the entire world.

Art movements are born out of the need for people to express their reactions to social, political and religious changes. Whether they accept them or openly disdain them the goals are equal in velocity: To promote their perspective of current changes.

In most situations, new movements will gradually appear on the art scene. As the movement grows it will offer the artists an opportunity to explore new philosophies while extending an invitation for them to enlist among the ranks, adopt some of the ideas or continue to remain loyal to their current trend.

The new movement will no doubt meet with resistance from critics and patrons alike, who usually perceive the new movement as nothing more than an unsolicited crusade with little or no hope of survival. The artists, on the other hand, adamant that the message conveyed through their art is critical, will continue to push forward with their movement until it gains acceptance or has reached its apex and has nothing new to offer in the way of ideas.

No other Modern Art faction in the annals of art history has been so bold and aggressive as the Futurism movement that rose out of the heart of Italy. Openly and piercingly these artist declared their discontentment with their modern society. They denounced traditional conventionalism demanded social changes and took liberty at pointing out all of the faults that would disband what they had viewed as a corrupt government.

Futurism, was by all means a premeditated movement with a published manifesto long before the actual art movement got underway. It was a movement born out of the boredom of Romanticism, debauchery and sappiness. These artists and their followers desired something more akin to the Machine Age.

They thrived on the impressions of speed, noise, and machines, communications and information that had become a large part of the nineteenth-century cities. They hated the untamed, middle-class virtues and tastes and more importantly; they detested the factions of the past.

The moniker Futurism was actually coined by Italian poet, publisher and artist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1886-1949) in 1909. He toyed with many other possibilities including Dynamism and Electricity before actually selecting Futurism.

He struggled to choose a name that would suggest the ambiance of the Machine Age. The selected title would not be limited to strictly the visual arts. By the time Marinetti and his disciples were through they had a written manifesto that would cover every area of human existence; from art and literature to clothing, food, furniture, cooking, poetry and even the sexual desires of the population.

Needless to say they had accomplished their goals of provoking the population into anger and confusion. They even openly condemned the values of academies, libraries and museums and suggested that these institutions be destroyed.

The Futurists were avid proponents of violence and conflict and their powerful and bold promotions of their movement confirmed this attitude. It was not uncommon for their exhibitions to end in the injury of patrons and the incarceration of several of the artists.

Tired of what they had considered to be "hand-me down" art movements, Marinetti along with Umberto Boccioni and Giacomo Balla made clear their dissatisfaction as they promoted their ideas to the public.

They held little regard to the attitude of their country for the basic foundation of their movement thrived on the anger, confusion, controversy and widespread attention that was incited.

Marinetti, as poet and publisher, recognized the power of the press so it stands without question why he published his summation of his manifesto prior to launching his assault wave against the present artists encouraging them to shun all conventional art theories for the new ideas of the Futurists.

At a 1909 summit of painters and poets, Marinetti and his entourage had worked out the final details to the Visual Arts manifesto. By February of 1910, with all of the kinks ironed out, a more specific and clearly defined " Futuristic Painting: Technical Manifesto" was in print.

However, it would still take a better part of the year before the works of charter members; Carlo Carra (1881-1966), Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) and Luigi Russolo (1885-1947) would begin to demonstrate the radical and revolutionary changes subscribed to by the manifesto.

Artists Aroldo Bonzagni (1817-1887) and Romolo Romani, who had signed early with the movement quickly dropped out and were replaced by French artist Gino Severini (1883-1966) of Paris and the aforementioned Giacomo Balla of Rome, all of whom would eventually become a close-knit family of Futurists.

From the very beginning of the Futurists Movement there had arose some confusion as to whether Futurism was actually an offspring of the Cubism Movement. The apparent confusion resulted when French Cubists in Paris had read the technical manifesto and misinterpreted some of the information to be Cubism based.

The Italians, determined for their movement to maintain the independence under which it was born, vehemently and repeatedly noted the visible differences between the two movements in letters that were published in the Florence based journal, Lacerba

In spite of the continuous corrections issued by the Italian artists, there still existed a degree of misunderstanding primarily due to the fact that Boccioni, Carra and Severini, residing in Paris and familiar with the Cubists movement, would utilize certain aspects of Cubism to suit their needs in Futurism.

Following their first exhibition in Milan on April 30th 1911 and in conjunction with their first Paris opening in Bernheim Jeune, in February of 1912, many of the artist's current works were circulated throughout numerous European cities. The Futurist's was filled with the hope of enlisting additional numbers of poets and artists to their cause.

The exhibitions eventually found their way into England, Germany and Holland as well as receiving mention and visual examples of their products in American newspapers.

Following the publication of the Manifesto: Futurists Sculpting, Severini, Sculptor in Residence, held a personal exhibition in Paris maintaining high hopes that he would find volunteers eager to join the Futurists movement.

Unfortunately, the tight band of commonality that tied the brothers to the movement would eventually slacken, as Marinetti would continuously create a great deal of pressure with in the group who in response became critical of one another. Thus was born great animosity among the once tight group.

By the time Italy entered the First World War in 1915 all work by the pro-war advocates had ceased. Ironically, the violence and war that this group so much supported would take the lives of Boccioni and Sant'Elia and severely wounding Russolo.

Following the war, Marinetti had high hopes of re-establishing the Futurists movement. However, with the end of the war came an end to the critical, radical thinking of the old camp. Many of the original signers of the 1910 manifestos had significantly toned down their rebellious ideas and the new inductees lacked a common bond and the artistic principles that had propelled the original group of Futurists.

Along with the use of vigorous propaganda tactics under the new political leadership, Futurism was becoming more obsolete as the newer movement was closely related to Fascism.

Following a ten-year run it seemed that the Futurists movement was losing the power and speed that had so much been the driving force behind the original movement. Several artists attempted to lead a variance of Futurism into the 1940's and 50's but would never again gather the momentum or attraction as it had from 1908-1918.

Even though the earlier Futurist movement had lost the zest originally intended, the techniques and ideas would never totally fade from the art world. The philosophies and techniques would be adopted by Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) and would even be seen to have some bearing on the Cubists as well as the Russian Constructivists.

It would be a safe venture if one were to believe that the world is fortunate that the philosophies of the Futurists were not eagerly accepted and employed. One needs not to stretch their imagination too far to realize the impact upon the world's growth if, in actuality, we were to destroy all academies, libraries and museums.
 

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