Quand le futurisme est femme : Barbara des couleurs

How can we explain the adhesion of many women to a pictorial current like Futurism, which was so misogynistic, aggressive and sometimes vulgar towards femininity? In this essay, first I aim to define the theoretic background of Futurism, i.e. the very ambivalent conceptual elaboration of the “female...

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Main Author: Francesca Brezzi
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Pléiade (EA 7338) 2012-09-01
Series:Itinéraires
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/itineraires/1243
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Summary:How can we explain the adhesion of many women to a pictorial current like Futurism, which was so misogynistic, aggressive and sometimes vulgar towards femininity? In this essay, first I aim to define the theoretic background of Futurism, i.e. the very ambivalent conceptual elaboration of the “female” which was expressed in those years and through that movement. Secondly, I consider a particular figure of woman and artist, Barbara, born as a Futurist, but ending up with completely different outcomes such as the peace movement and Feminism, in particular the empathic proximity to the texts of Luce Irigaray.
ISSN:2427-920X