I don’t see too many Lamborghini Murcielagos on the freeway….so i got excited when i saw one blasting past me on the I-495W freeway. We see so many photos of these ‘supercars’….but they always look so much more striking in motion….the Murcielago looked fantastic.
And yes, the photo is blurry as hell!
From the Futurist art movement of Italy, early 1900s. Superb. Futurism is my favourite art movements, full of amazing post-cubism modernity, but with a whole lotta attitude, and emphasis on the motorcar.
FILE UNDER: petrolhead art.
I’ve long been an admirer of Futurist art —it was truly punk ahead of its time. It offended many, was overstated, full of creativity, offensive, but in many ways gorgeous in its honesty, boldness, and artistic integrity.
Balla had originally written the founding manifestos of the Futurist Movement, in which #4 out of 10 was:
“We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. A racing automobile with its bonnet adorned with great tubes like serpents with explosive breath … a roaring motor car which seems to run on machine-gun fire, is more beautiful than the Victory of Samothrace”
an inspiring piece of writing for the 1920s i gotta say….accompanied by this tangential, interesting, and cryptically simple piece of art entitled “The Speed Of The Automobile” (translated into english…)
For more information about Futurism, and the rest of the 10 initial manifestos, visit:
http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/T4PM/futurist-manifesto.html
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