Dynamism of a Soccer Placer
Umberto Boccioni
Dynamism of a Soccer Placer, 1913
Oil on canvas
Courtesy of the MOMA, Museum of Modern Art
In Umberto Boccioni’s Futurist painting, a soccer player dematerializes into prismatic atmosphere. The only trace of the body is his calf, centered on the canvas as if caught in the instant before the next stride, an abstraction of a youthful athlete who stands as a figurehead for Futurist obsessions with speed, velocity, and transformation. Send to the friend who is always in action, moving through life with artful frenzy, going for the goal on and off the field.
Courtesy of the MOMA, Museum of Modern Art
Umberto Boccioni
Dynamism of a Soccer Placer, 1913
Oil on canvas
Courtesy of the MOMA, Museum of Modern Art
In Umberto Boccioni’s Futurist painting, a soccer player dematerializes into prismatic atmosphere. The only trace of the body is his calf, centered on the canvas as if caught in the instant before the next stride, an abstraction of a youthful athlete who stands as a figurehead for Futurist obsessions with speed, velocity, and transformation. Send to the friend who is always in action, moving through life with artful frenzy, going for the goal on and off the field.
Courtesy of the MOMA, Museum of Modern Art
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