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100 Years of Futurism: Conference at Penn

Umberto Boccioni, caricature of the Futurist serata held in Treviso on 2 June 1911, reproduced in Uno, due, tre, 17 June 1911. The Center for Italian Studies and the History of Art Department at the University of Pennsylvania and the Slought Foundation are holding a two-day international conference Futurism: Rupture and Tradition, on Friday, November 21, 9:30am-6:00pm and Saturday, November 22, 9:30-12:00pm. It will be held at Slought. In addition to artist Luca Buvoli (see image below), the speakers will include Jeffrey Schnapp, Luca Somigli, Ara H. Merjian, Jonathan Steinberg, Christine Poggi, Stefania Benini, Marion Kant, Maria Elena Versari, Paolo ... More » »

Photos from Life on Mars at the Carnegie

David Shrigley, Jugs and Cups, 2008, detail, installation in vitrine of glazed ceramic objects–2 ceramic jugs and 159 small cups, courtesy of the artist, in Life on Mars My photographs from Life on Mars: the 2008 Carnegie International exhibit in Pittsburgh are now in a set up on my Flicker site. I need to let the exhibit marinate in my mind a little before tackling it. Faster with me is not necessarily better. Luca Buvoli, Instant Before Incident (Marinetti’s Drive 1908), 2008, metal, reinvorced UV stable polyester resin, pigment, plexiglass, at the Mattress Factory. There is also a set of ... More » »

Architecture of politics at the ICA

a frame from Luca Buvoli video Luca Buvoli’s ramp project at the Institute of Contemporary Art sent me along a train of thought that affected the way I viewed the rest of the exhibit. Buvoli’s ramp, A Very Beautiful Day after Tomorrow (Un Bellissimo Dopodomani), is super talky with lots of talky video and Pop plastic lettering and decorations. They add up to noise that explain and pull attention away from the not-so-talky central video, a charming melange of historical footage and animation that brings back imagery from World War II, and takes the fangs out of Italian Fascist Futurism ... More » »