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Boccioni

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Boc·cio·ni  (b-chn, bt-ch-), Umberto 1882-1916.
Italian artist whose works embodied futurism.
Boccioni (Italian) [botˈtʃoni]
n
(Biographies / Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) M, Italian, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter, ARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor) Umberto (umˈberto). 1882-1916, Italian painter and sculptor: principal theorist of the futurist movement


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The techniques used by Pryde in this sequence echo the Futurist art of Balla, Boccioni, Carra, and Bragaglia, but the solarization additionally alludes to Man Ray, while the condensation covering the mirrored surface in the first photograph reminds us of Walter Benjamin's statement that what makes adverts superior to criticism is not what they say but the neon's reflection in the fiery puddle beneath.
Josephine Pryde: Cubitt Gallery by Archer, Michael / Artforum International
Not unlike the Futurist, Boccioni, Donald Crews has focused on machines of the twentieth century: the train and the truck.
Donald Crews: the signs and times of an American childhood - essay ... by Bodmer, George / African American Review
In these pieces, signs, ciphers, and elusive images are drawn on reliefs shaped from cardboard; Cubo-Futurism and Constructivism and their roots (from Picasso to Boccioni to Tatlin) are revisited with great intellectual acuity, along with the inventive freedom we expect of Paladino.
Mimmo Paladino: Centro Per L'arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci. ... by Carboni, Massimo / Artforum International
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