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Apr 27, 2018, 20 tweets

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In 1912 to about 1915, Vorticism arose in the UK at the same time as #Futurism arose in Italy. It was founded by Wyndham Lewis as a literary and artistic movement.

Wyndham Lewis - WorkShop - 1912

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Vorticism attempted to relate art to industrialization. It denounced 19th-century sentimentality & revered the energy of the machine and machine-made products.

Wyndham Lewis - Composition - 1914

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β€œVorticism promoted something of a cult of sheer violence.”

David Bomberg - The Mud Bath - 1914

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In the visual arts, Vorticist compositions were abstract and sharp-planed, showing the influence of Cubism and Futurism.

β€˜Torso in Metal from β€˜The Rock Drill’’ - Sir Jacob Epstein, 1913-4

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Artists involved in the movement included the poet Ezra Pound and the sculptor Jacob Epstein.

Thomas W Dowdeswell

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Painters included Richard Aldington, Malcolm Arbuthnot, Lawrence Atkinson, Jessica Dismorr, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Cuthbert Hamilton, Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound, William Roberts, Helen Saunders, Edward Wadsworth

David Bomberg - In The Hold - 1913

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Lawrence Atkinson

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Wyndham Lewis

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Helen Saunders - Study for 'Black & Khaki'

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Jessica Dismorr - β€˜Abstract Composition' c.1915

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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

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Edward Wadsworth - Composition on Pink Ground, Cones and Spirals [1929-30]

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Reconstruction, 1919 - 20 by Cuthbert Hamilton

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Vortex by Ezra Pound (Poet)

poetryfoundation.org/articles/69480…

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More info about Vorticism: theguardian.com/artanddesign/2… Yes there was a bit of bad blood between the Vorticists & the Futurists.

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πŸ“·#VortigraphyπŸ“·

"The abstract images are based on the kaleidoscope & involves clamping three mirrors together so they face one another to form a hollow triangular prism through which objects are placed & photographed."

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πŸ“·#vortigraphπŸ“·

Alvin Langdon Coburn invented vortography in 1917 and his experiments with the technique lasted only a short while.

Vortigraph of Ezra Pound

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Alvin Langdon Coburn: Portrait

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Please βœ”οΈout #PopArt, #GermanExpressionism, #PreRaphaelites, #Dadaism #Surrealism. #Bauhaus & #AshCanSchool #Fauvism #Futurism #Vorticism

Stay-tuned for #DeStijlism & #Suprematism

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