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The Future of Futurism
No pun intended
Many Italian Futurists supported Fascism (a form of radical
authoritarian nationalism) in the hope of modernizing a divided
country between the industrializing north and the rural, archaic
South. Like the Fascists, the Futurists were Italian nationalists,
radicals, admirers of violence, and were opposed to
parliamentary democracy. Marinetti founded the Futurist
Political Party in early 1918.
Futurism expanded to encompass many artistic
domains
and
ultimately
included
painting,
sculpture, ceramics, graphic design, industrial
design, interior design, theatre design, textiles,
drama, literature, music and architecture.
BLAST, War Number July
1915 - Wyndham Lewis
The cover of the second (and
last) edition of BLAST, by
Wyndham Lewis . Articles
written and submitted from
the trenches of WWI.
Aeropainting
Aeropainting was a major expression of the second
generation of Futurism beginning in 1926. The technology
and excitement of flight, directly experienced by most
aeropainters, offered aeroplanes and aerial landscape as
new subject matter.
Dynamism of Train Ship Airplane, Giulio D'Anna, 1930
Aeropainting was surprisingly varied in subject matter and
treatment, including realism (especially in works of
propaganda),
abstraction,
dynamism,
quiet
Umbrian
landscapes, portraits of Benito Mussolini, religious paintings,
and decorative art.
Tullio Crali, Acrobazie in
Cielo, 1930
Tullio Crali, Incuneandosi nell' abitato (Diving on a City) - 1939
Completed at age 90, just before he died
Completed at age 80