Destroying the past

The Spectator | May 26, 2007| | Copyright

A Slap in the Face! Futurists in Russia Estorick Collection, 39a Canonbury Square, London N1, until 10 June

Futurism was originally an Italian manifestation in art and literature, a cult of speed and movement, triumphantly urban and dynamic, a sort of souped-up Cubism, which lasted from 1909 until its deathblow in the first world war and final dissolution in the 1920s. It was pretty much invented by the poet Filippo Tomasso Marinetti (1876-1944), who liked to call himself 'the caffeine of Europe', and was actor-manager and travelling salesman for the group.

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