Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
1931 bronze cast displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
ArtistUmberto Boccioni
Year1913
TypeBronze
Dimensions111.44 cm (43.87 in)
LocationMuseu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (original plaster), São Paulo

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (Italian: Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio) is a 1913 bronze Futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni. It is seen as an expression of movement and fluidity.[1] The sculpture is depicted on the obverse of the Italian-issue 20 cent euro coin.

History

The Futurist movement was striving to portray speed and forceful dynamism in their art. Boccioni, though trained as a painter, began sculpting in 1912. He exclaimed that "these days I am obsessed by sculpture! I believe I have glimpsed a complete renovation of that mummified art."[2] The following year Boccioni completed the sculpture. His goal for the work was to depict a "synthetic continuity" of motion instead of an "analytical discontinuity" that he saw in artists like František Kupka and Marcel Duchamp.[3] In 1912–13 Boccioni created several other sculptures[4] including his 1913 Development of a Bottle in Space.

Composition

It seems clear to me that this succession is not to be found in repetition of legs, arms and faces, as many people have stupidly believed, but is achieved through the intuitive search for the unique form which gives continuity in space.

Umberto Boccioni[3]

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space depicts a human-like figure apparently in motion. The sculpture has an aerodynamic and fluid form. As a pedestal, two blocks at the feet connect the figure to the ground. The figure is also armless and without a discernibly real face. Andrew Graham-Dixon described the work: "Originally inspired by the sight of a football player moving on to a perfectly weighted pass, it is the quintessence of Boccioni’s serious, sensuous, philosophically contemplative art."[5]

Though Boccioni apparently reviled traditional sculpture, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space does resemble more realist works.[6] It is reminiscent of the classical Winged Victory of Samothrace, which Filippo Marinetti, founder of Futurism, declared was inferior in beauty to a roaring car.[7] The lack of arms also pays homage to Auguste Rodin's Walking Man.[8]

Original plaster and casts

Original plaster, photo from Estado de São Paulo newspaper, 1913.

Boccioni's work was in plaster, and was never cast into bronze in his lifetime. His original plaster is displayed at the Museu de Arte Contemporânea in São Paulo. Two bronze casts were made in 1931, one of which is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.[6] Two more were made in 1949, one of which is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York[2] and other one at the Museum of Twentieth Century in Milan. Two also were made in 1972, one of which is displayed at the Tate Modern in London.[9] Another eight, in 1972, were made not from the plaster original, but from one of the 1949 bronze casts. One bronze cast is in the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands.[10] In 2014, a bronze was donated to the National Gallery of Cosenza.[11]

Influence

In 2009 Italian composer Carlo Forlivesi in collaboration with Stefano Fossati, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Melbourne, created an international composition competition and workshop titled Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (Forme Uniche della Continuità nello Spazio), commemorating the hundredth anniversary of Italian Futurism. With a name which brings to mind Boccioni's piece, the initiative, organised on an annual basis, celebrates the power of musical composition mingled with the strength of the Italian language. The international composition competition and workshop Unique Forms of Continuity in Space aims to contribute to the creation of a large and eclectic body of art works, with particular significance for the relationship between music and poetry.[12] [13]

In 2018, the sculpture was used as the basis of the trophy presented to the winner of the virtual Gran Turismo World Series sim racing competition held in the Gran Turismo series of racing games. The sculpture was chosen because it represents the surprise and fascination of machines discovered in the beginning of the 20th century, and shares values with Gran Turismo. Polyphony Digital, the creators of the Gran Turismo series, used laser scanning methods to create an accurate replication of the sculpture.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ Petrie, Brian (March 1973). "Futurism at the Royal Academy". The Burlington Magazine. 115 (840): 196–198.
  2. ^ a b "Umberto Boccioni: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
  3. ^ a b Henderson, Linda (1981). "Italian Futurism and "The Fourth Dimension"". Art Journal. 41 (4). Art Journal, Vol. 41, No. 4: 317–323. doi:10.2307/776440. JSTOR 776440.
  4. ^ "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space". The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  5. ^ Andrew Graha Dixon (18 January 2009). "Umberto Boccioni and 100 years of Futurism". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Umberto Boccioni. Unique Forms of Continuity in Space. 1913". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
  7. ^ Richard, Paul (November 9, 1980). "FUTURISM; A smashing Show of the Artist-Prophets Who Put Modern Art in Motion". The Washington Post.
  8. ^ Glueck, Grace (February 13, 2004). "ART REVIEW; Blurring the Line Between the Present and the Future". New York Times.
  9. ^ "Umberto Boccioni: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space". The Tate Modern. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  10. ^ "Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio – Kröller-Müller Museum". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  11. ^ "Importante donazione della famiglia Bilotti alla Galleria Nazionale di Cosenza, si realizza il desiderio di Umberto Boccioni, il grande futurista calabrese" (in Italian). lavocecosentina.it. 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Musical Composition Workshop: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space". The Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  13. ^ "International Composition Competition: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space". Retrieved 2010-01-15.
  14. ^ "'Gran Turismo Sport' Release Celebrated with a Launch Event in Modena, Italy". gran-turismo.com. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  • Umberto Boccioni, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on this work

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