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Futurism
Opens: 11/06/2009 Closes: 19/09/2009
Tate Modern, London
The Futurist movement’s most productive period spanned barely five years, but its influence was evident in the art of subsequent decades, as demonstrated by the Cubists and Vorticists. This exhibition, marking the centenary of the Italian movement, features well-known Futurist works and rooms dedicated to the movements it inspired.
For more information visit:
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/futurism/default.shtm
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https://tickets.tate.org.uk/performancelist.asp?ShowID=3607&Source=web
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The Independent“Still looks, not just incompetent, but absolutely and actively dreadful... ” We're always praising the modernist pioneers for being offensive, subversive, disturbing, revolutionary. But Cubism has become beautiful and Surrealism is now a joy. Only Futurism hasn't domesticated. Which of us can hope for the same?..
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Guardian“Staid and dull, flat and sluggish...” Where's the clamour, the noise and vitality; why is the modern not more of an onslaught on the senses? This feels a curiously old-fashioned and academic show. The subject is ripe for an altogether different sort of reappraisal...
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The Telegraph“Shame on Tate Modern for failing to edit it...” What should have been an eye-opening, groundbreaking show was spoiled for me by a more or less incomprehensible open-plan installation.
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The Times“Reassesses the movement and remains astonishing on many levels...” Accustomed to regular revolutions in the speed of travel and of the spread of information, our eyes are no longer astonished by the artistic fireworks of the Futurists. But the impact of their collective work has in no way been diminished...
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