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1.DavidBomberg’searlyworksandthemakingofmodernisminBritain:1890-1912
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Anothersignificantculturaleventof1910thatwasperceivedbymany
tothreatenthestabilityoftheBritishculturalsplendidisolationwasthear-
rivalofFlTlMarinettiinLondonwhichuservedasaharbingerofwhatBritish
societywouldexperienceintheyearsprecedingtheGreatWar”
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lHisfasci-
nationwiththemotorcar,whichwasproclaimedintheFuturistManifesto71,
wouldparticularlyappealtotheBritishinventorymindlOntheotherhand,
thereversalofaestheticorderwouldbereceivedlessenthusiasticallylTheseries
oflectureshedeliveredfrightenedtheBritishartistswhowantedtoestablish
agenuineavant-gardeoftheirown,freefromradicalforeigninfluenceslEven
themostforwardthinkingartistswereshockedbyiconoclasticideasbrought
overfromItalyl
OnhisfirstpublicvisittoLondonMarinettideliveredhislecture(uDiscours
futuristeauxAnglais”)attheLyceumClubin1910,duringwhichheuwasde-
terminedtomakeFuturismtheavant-gardemovementofitsday”inEngland72l
ThoughinitiallypraisingtheBritishfortheiruwarlikepatriotism”,upowerful
individualism”andfortherotatingsteelturretsofitsdreadnoughts”,aswell
asforachieverssuchasErnestShackletonandCharlesRolls,Marinettisoon
wentontoassaultthemlMostcherishedBritishvaluescameunderattack73l
ThesecondvisitoftheFuturistleaderaccompaniedbyBoccioni,Carrà,and
Russolotookplacein1912ontheoccasionofanexhibitionoftheuWorksby
theItalianFuturistPainters”attheSackvilleGalleryinLondon,whichwasseen
by40,000people
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lAgainthepresswerehighlyantagonistictowardsFutur-
ismlWritingfortheDailyChronicle,CharlesLewisHindassuredthatuEngland
asawholewilllaughatorloathetheseworks”75lTheEveningNewsassertedthat
Futurismhadufallenflatasabreathlesspancake”lItwasthoughtthatthepaint-
ingswhichclearlyreflectedmanifestosandtheoriesnowresembleduthemost
imaginativelinoleum[or]thecut-paperworkofaColneyHatchKindergarten”
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TheFuturistinvasionintotheEnglishartworldwasfollowedbyfurthershows,
allaccompaniedbyrecitals,lecturesandperformanceslOn19March1912,Mari-
nettideliveredalectureandapoetryreadingentitled,uFuturisminLiterature
andArt”attheBechsteinHalllThepresentationcontainedusuchanimpas-
sionedtorrentofwords”,wroteTheTimes,uthatsomeofhisaudiencebeggedfor
70Buchowska,Wright(2012:201)l
71uUneautomobiledecourseavecsoncoffreornédegrostuyauxtellsdeserpentsàl’haleine
explosive…uneautomobilerugissante,quial’airdecourirsurdelamitraille,estplusbelleque
laVictoiredeSamothrace”inLista2002:30l
72Buchowska,Wright(2012:201)l
73Buchowska,Wright(2012:201)l
74Butler(1994:220)l
75Hind(1912)l
76EveningNewsl
