1914! The Avant-Garde and the Great War
With Javier Arnaldo, curator of the exhibition
- Date:
- From 7 October 2008 to 11 January 2009
- Language:
- Spanish
The period inmediately prior to the outbreak of war in 1914 coincided with a highpoint of activity among the avant-garde movements. In addition, the experience of World War I exercised a powerful influence on the work of numerous artists during this period. Featuring around 180 works, this exhibition offered a survey of the development of new international art between approximately 1913 and 1917. Through the work of dozens of artist from the main artistic movements of the day -Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Vorticism, Abstraction, etc.- it reflected this artistically conflictive period.
