BLASTING THE FUTURE/ VORTICISM IN BRITAIN

The time is ripe for a fundamental reassessment of the impact that Futurism had on British culture and of Vorticism - the specifical ly British avant-garde movement inspired by the founder of the Italian Futurist movement, Filippo Tommasao Marinetti. This text, whi ch accompanies an exhibition at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, combines novel material and original research to prov ide a coherent overview of Futurism and Vorticism, before, during and after World War I.