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17/6/2008

Radical Light

The National Gallery, London

This exhibition will explore the complex relationship between Italian Divisionism and the emerging Futurist movement in the early years of the 20th century. It is the first of its kind organised outside Italy.Centred in Milan, Divisionism is arguably the most significant art movement to emerge in Italy during the last decades of the 19th century. Dissatisfaction with modern civilization led these artists to explore Symbolism in their paintings. Their aim was to represent political concerns and make their art into an instrument for social change.

The movement also sprang from research into optics and the physics of light. Inspired by French developments with pointillism, and fuelled by a desire to increase the luminosity and brilliance of their paintings, artists developed new techniques applying paint in a variety of dots and strokes. This exhibition will feature around 60 paintings, including works by the main protagonists of Divisionism: Vittore Grubicy de Dragon, Giovanni Segantini and Gaetano Previati. It will also display works by the Futurist artists Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Gino Severini.

Radical Light is a unique opportunity to explore a lesser-known, yet undoubtedly important, movement – while offering a link to the National Gallery’s great historical collections of Italian art. The exhibition is organised by the National Gallery, London and Kunsthaus Zurich.

Opening 18 June 2008

National Gallery
Trafalgar Square - London Gran Bretagna
Location: Sainsbury Wing
10am - 6pm daily
(last admissions 5.15pm)
10am - 9pm Wednesdays
(last admissions 8.15pm)

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