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“ASenseofForm”:theartofDavidBomberg
toItalianFuturism,NevinsongreatlyalienatedhisfellowartistslTheEnglish
rebels,whodidnotwanttobeassociatedwithMarinetti,didnotwaitlongtore-
spondtothisusurpation
90
lInalettertotheNewWeeklyfrom13June1914
theystateddefensibly
TherearecertainartistsinEnglandwhodonotbelongtotheRoyalAcade-
mynortoanyofthepasseistgroups,andwhodonotonthataccountagree
withFuturismofSignorMarinettilAnassumptionofsuchagreementei-
therbySignororbyhisfollowersisanimpertinencelWe,theundersigned,
whoseidealswerementionedorimplied,orwhomight,bytheopinionsof
others,beimplicated,begtodissociateourselvesfromthe8Futurist’mani-
festowhichappearedinthepagesoftheObserverofSunday,June1lSigned
RichardAldington,LawrenceAldington,DavidBomberg,GaudierBrzeska,
FrederickEtchells,CuthbertHamilton,EzraPound,WilliamRoberts,Edward
Wadsworth,WyndhamLewis91l
TheFuturistconferenzaof12JuneattheDoréGalleryincludedMarinet-
tispeakingandgivingavibrantperformancetogetherwithNevinson,asthe
onlyremainingFuturistsupporterinEngland,lecturingandrecitingtheFoun-
dationandManifestoofFuturism.Theorderofevents,however,waschallenged
unexpectedlyasLewisandhisfollowersconstantlyinterruptedtheeveningby
booing,heckling,overturningchairsandlettingofffireworkslTheatmosphere
wasfurtherinflamedwhenMarinettireferredtothenewgroupasVorti-kists,
leadingtoGaudier-Brzeska’sfurioushecklinglThepoliceandthefirebrigade
werecalledtoreinstateorder92l
FollowingthisboisterousdefenceofBritishartagainstforeigncontrol,the
Englishrebelsformallylaunchedtheirnewgroup-VorticismlTheputschwas
complete93lBytheirbolddeclarationrenouncingtheforeigninfluencesofFu-
turism,theVorticistsdeclaredthatonlytheyasAnglo-Saxonscouldleadthe
avant-garderevolutionintheartsofBritainagainstthereactionaryforcesof
domesticcomplacencyandcompetewiththeartmovementsabroadlPortray-
ingthemselvesasBritishpatriots,theVorticistssetofftorejuvenateanailing
Empireindeclinebybelligerentlyassertingitsartisticleadership94l
uThesuccèsdescandaleofManetandthePost-Impressionistshadby1912
becomeasuccèsd’estimewithinasignificantproportionoftheprofessionlNo
exhibitionattheGraftonGallerieshadeverbeenbetterattendedandvirtually
90Buchowska,Wright(2012:220)l
91uFuturism”,NewWeekly(1914)l
92Walsh(2002:81)l
93Haycock(2009:187-189)l
94BuchowskaandWright(2012:221)l