The Centre Pompidou salutes Futurism ~ The First Avant-garde Movement of the 20th century

Umberto Boccioni - La Risata, 1911 - Oil on Canvas,110,2 x 145,4 cm. -  The Museum of Modern Art, NY Don de Herbert et Nannette Rothschild, 1959 -  Digital Image © 2007

PARISFuturism, the first avant-garde movement of the 20th century, celebrated technical progress, the energy of crowds, and the hectic activity of modern cities. In place of the balance and stability inherited from classical models, it wished to substitute modern vigorousness, dynamism and speed that disintegrate forms. On exhibition through 26th January, 2009.

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