SFMOMA Futurism banquet a food flight Oct 9, 2009
The trussed-up cow will be bound for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where it will be carved and turned into stews and savory cones - right in front of diners - as part of an avant-garde banquet celebrating the 100th anniversary of Futurism ... The banquet, part of the museum's larger "Metal + Machine + Manifesto = Futurism's First 100 Years" showcase, is being put on by OPENrestaurant, the art-driven collective founded by Chez Panisse staffers Jerome Waag, Stacie Pierce and Sam White... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bold Landscapes in Salisbury Show Sep 11, 2009
The two older artists' works were forged in the fires of Modernism, Futurism and Expressionism. Through them, Ms. Boris discovered these movements of the 1920s and 1930s and how she could incorporate elements of the abstract into her own distinctive still lifes and portraits. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Humanity 2.0? Aug 13, 2009
While futurism involves trying to predict how technology will evolve over time, transhumanism is concerned with how that technology will change the fundamental nature human beings and the way we live. The six people who have turned up all responded to an internet advert, brought together by Richie Arnold, who also happens to be the pub's chef. (BBC News -- Technology)
The Lady Gaga You May Not Know: A Great Musician Aug 13, 2009
Set aside the VMA nominee's performance art and listen to The Fame, in Bigger Than the Sound (VHI.com -- Music News)
* Futurism without a past Jul 29, 2009
Futurism without a past. Futurism is a centenary exhibit that focuses on the Futurist movements obsession with youth, speed and technology while glossing over its more violent, fascist elements ... The design of Futurism, an exhibit of Futurist movement sculpture, painting, furniture, clothing and writings, purports to demonstrate how contemporary the movement was by focusing on its obsession with youth, speed, and technology, but glosses over its violent, anti-environment, anti-feminist and... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
The best in comic books Jul 13, 2009
Fies of Santa Rosa charts the course of futurism from the World's Fair of 1939 to the final Apollo mission of 1975 and beyond. Unfortunately, the mix of straightforward history, comic book parody/homage and fictional father-son narrative never really gels. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Athens makes Pericles proud Jul 12, 2009
Futurism : In 1909, a group of Italian artists declared their dedication to a new beauty, the beauty of speed ... This comprehensive Tate Modern exhibition observes the group s centenary, looking not just at Futurism but also such related artistic movements as Cubism and Vorticism. (Boston Globe)
Back to the Futurists: Italy's First Avant-Garde Turns 100 Jul 3, 2009
As soon as we depart for Milan for the 400-work "Futurismo 1909-2009: Speed + Art + Action" at the Palazzo Reale, our little journey begins its swift descent from romantic idyll into urban anarchy ... And then the show itself overturns my already overturned notions about Futurism all over again ... Over an espresso the day before, art historian had explained that Futurism's second wave (1919-44) is generally regarded as the less artistically significant of the two, as most of the movement's... (Slate)
The Past of Futurism at the Tate May 29, 2009
"Futurism," at London's Tate Modern from June 12 to Sept. 20, shows what happened when the Italians collided with French, Russian, British and American painters ... Futurism itself was pretty much over by 1915 the end point of the show. (Time.com)
Phillips Collection Annual Gala Unites Washington's Notables in Support of Arts Education May 17, 2009
The exhibit features 60 works of art drawn primarily from collections in Italy, with key additions from collections in the U.S. The exhibition tells the story of an artist finding his voice: from early explorations of cubism, futurism, and metaphysical painting rarely found in American museums, to a stunning representation of mature work. It also includes landscapes, a rare self-portrait, and a selection of etchings on paper that reveal his exceptional mastery of the medium. (PR Newswire)
Exhibit's other set, costume designer-artists Apr 12, 2009
Most are more influenced by Expressionism, Futurism or Constructivism. Still, Chagall's name in the exhibition's title is more than a marketing ploy. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Portrait of the artist as a wife and mother Mar 18, 2009
There Nancy explored a wide range of styles, including realism, post-impressionism, cubism, futurism, expressionism and abstraction, always drawing inspiration from her immediate environment, including her view of Mosman Bay. She was also an art critic for the Bulletin, then the Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Cubism: Early Twentieth-Century Art... Mar 11, 2009
A polar reaction against establishment views; the influence of African tribes in Western art; the parallel advance of Italy s Futurism; the continuing legacy of Cezanne s death in 1906; all these factors were fertile soil for an art form that stressed geometric forms and stripped art down to rhythms of disparate components and fractured planes. Early Developments. (Suite101.com)
Balenciaga: Soft and silvery Mar 6, 2009
A new venue, in a gilded salon with a picture postcard view of Paris, and a haute couture attitude - it was all a change fromBalenciaga's former fantastic futurism at the show on Thursday. Instead of building an architectural look upwards from sci-fi boots, the autumn 2009 collection was founded on drapes. (International Herald Tribune)
'Scandalous' exhibit portrays French past Feb 17, 2009
The exhibit also has a section devoted to the style of futurism, an art movement that embraced conflict, war and machines, Stelts said. This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the publication of F.T. Marinetti's "Futurist Manifesto," a copy of which is on display in the exhibit, she added. (Daily Collegian, PA)
