Edited
and with introduction by Vivien Greene. Text by Walter Adamson, Silvia
Barisione, Gabriella Belli, Fabio Benzi, Günter Berghaus, Emily Braun,
Marta Braun, Esther da Costa Meyer, Enrico Crispolti, Massimo Duranti,
Flavio Fergonzi, Matteo Fochessati, Daniela Fonti, Simonetta Fraquelli,
Emilio Gentile, Romy Golan, Vivien Greene, Marina Isgro, Giovanni Lista,
Adrian Lyttelton, Lisa Panzera, Maria Antonella Pelizzari, Christine
Poggi, Lucia Re, Michelangelo Sabatino, Claudia Salaris, Jeffrey T.
Schnapp, Susan Thompson, Patrizia Veroli.
Published to accompany the exhibition Italian Futurism, 1909–1944: Reconstructing the Universe
opening at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 2014, this catalogue
considerably advances the scholarship and understanding of an
influential yet little-known twentieth- century artistic movement. As
part of the first comprehensive overview of Italian Futurism to be
presented in the United States, this publication examines the historical
sweep of Futurism from its inception with F.T. Marinetti’s manifesto in
1909 through the movement’s demise at the end of World War II.
Presenting over 300 works created between 1909 and 1944, by artists,
writers, designers and composers such as Giacomo Balla, Umberto
Boccioni, Anton Giulio Bragaglia, Fortunato Depero, Gerardo Dottori,
Marinetti, Ivo Pannaggi, Rosa Rosà, Luigi Russolo, Tato and many others,
this publication encompasses not only painting and sculpture, but also
architecture, design, ceramics, fashion, film, photography, advertising,
free-form poetry, publications, music, theater and performance. A
wealth of scholarly essays discuss Italian Futurism’s diverse themes and
incarnations.
