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Futurism
Futurist artists sought to celebrate industrialization. They were frustrated by Italy’s declining status and believed that the the speed and energy of the “Machine Age” would result in an entirely new world order and even a renewed consciousness. Futurist works celebrated movement and dynamism.
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El Anatsui, Old Man’s Cloth, 2011, bottle caps, material, material (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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