Studio Space

Nouveau Réalisme

The first and second images are works by self taught artist Martial Raysee. The sculpture's exhibited at MoMA Paris. New Realism was founded in 1960 by art critic Pierre Restony who wrote the original manifesto titled "Constituative Declaration of New Realism" in April of that year. The joint declaration was signed by co founder artist Yves Klein at his workshop along with 9 other artists including Martial Raysse, Daniel Spoerri and Jean Tinguely. In 1961 along with others these were joined by artists such as painter, scultpor and film maker Niki de Saint Phalle.

Motion Efficiency Study

In 1910 Bragalia a film maker experimented with chronophotography and in 1911 exhibited his results. He produced his own manifesto "The Futurist Photodynamism" of 1913 and in September 1916 launched his "Manifesto Of Futurist Cinema" producing a full length film Perfido Incanto. Theatrical performances also were staged which foreshawdowed in their shock and compulsive nonsense the later activity of the Dadaists. Futurism became an international movement and its ideas had spread to most major cities before the outbreak of war in 1918.