Giacomo Balla was one of the leading exponents of Futurism. While in the early part of his career he opted for an academicist approach, in 1900 he moved to Paris, where he came into contact with the avant-garde. In 1910 he became a member of the group founded by Marinetti on the basis of the precepts laid out in the Futurist Manifesto, published the previous year in Le Figaro newspaper. From that moment on, Balla’s work focused on exploring modernity though the representation of movement and speed. The sculpture Linee-Forza del pugno di Boccioni II [Boccioni’s Fist – Lines of Force 2] is a piece made in the 1960s from an original cardboard prototype conceived by the artist in 1915. The work exemplifies his urge for progress and the need to cut ties with tradition to advance towards a newly liberating yet belligerent aesthetic with transformational value for society. At the same time, the piece refers to the work of one of the pioneers of Futurism, Umberto Boccioni, who explored new ways to express movement through his work.
List of artworks
Fiore futurista , 1916-1930
Linee-forza del pugno di Boccioni II , 1915
Fiore futurista , 1916-1930
Linee-forza del pugno di Boccioni II , 1915
I sei sensi (The Six Senses)
Italia
A glimpse at the Josep Suñol Collection focusing on works by Italian artists from the second avant-garde such as Fontana, Battaglia or...
Known Masterpieces
In Three Acts
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Continuum
Josep Suñol Collection
A journey through the last ninety years of artistic creation and offers an excellent platform for thinking about 20th-century...
Sculpture/Object
Josep Suñol Collection
36 pieces from the Josep Suñol Collection, ranging from the early avant-garde up to the most daring experiments of the...
1915 – 1995
Col·lecció Josep Suñol
Owing to the number of works in the collection, the first show included a selection of the most representative pieces dating from 1915 to...
Giacomo Balla. Futurism & Europe. The aesthetics of a new world
2023
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (The...
Playing Art. Education, Art and Design
2019
Fundación Juan March,...
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What can we do in an empty showroom? Turn the tables and reverse the roles: we are not visiting an exhibition; an artwork is coming to visit...
ITALIA. I sei sensi (The Six Senses)
Exhibition dedicated to the second avant-guard Italian artists present in the Suñol Soler...
Sculpture/Object
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