Futurism, 100 years of inspiration
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Gray City by Nicolaj Djulgheroff. [Global Times] |
In Road to Futurism, such admiration can easily be seen. Among several of the Italian advertising posters of the 1920s and 1930s on display, many portray soaring images of airplanes, heading fearlessly into the sky with air swirling behind.
Aside from works depicting the origin of Futurism and its development in the ensuing decades, on show is also a range of contemporary works that were heavily influenced by this genre.
An exhibition hall on NAMOC's third floor is occupied with paintings, photography and furniture that have been created in recent years by Italian artists, all with Futurism styles.
"Today Futurism is not an art genre or movement only, as it has been developed into every aspect of human life and is still in its development," commented NAMOC's vice director Ma Shulin. "With its application in so many fields, we can expect more surprises in the future."
Jointly organized by NAMOC, the city of Alexandria and the Beijing Cultural Office of Italy, the exhibition is also part of activities aimed to boost communications between Italy and China.
"Chinese artists have consistently been inspired by Futurism and some of them are greatly influenced by representatives of the genre, such as Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carra and Gino Severini, but many have never had the chance to observe it comprehensively before," Fan said.
"With so many works from Italy on show, the exhibition offers Chinese audiences a perfect opportunity to see Futurism first hand," he added. "Through such an exhibition people can not only enjoy the artistic style of Futurism, but also its development with the times."
He said that currently, China is in a similar dramatically-changing society as Italy was in the early 1900s and that Chinese art today can draw much inspiration from the development of Futurism in terms of how to deal with the relationship between art and social reality.
The Road to Futurism exhibition is scheduled to run at NAMOC until October 28.
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