The New Industrial Era – Futurism to Pop Art at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, on 14 October. Dr. Matthew Whyte looks at how art addressed our relationship with a rapidly transforming world. Part of Art History Reframed: Autumn Lecture Series.
Art Historian Dr. Matthew Whyte offers a new lecture series, which takes the audience on an art-filled journey through the often beautiful, sometimes scandalous, and always fascinating moments in the development of Western civilisation.
Week 5: The New Industrial Era – Futurism to Pop Art
Futurism developed through an urge to turn away from the past and embrace the transformative power of industry for mankind. Soon after, World War I would demonstrate the full repercussions that industrial progress could have for humanity. Finally, stepping into the post-war period of the 1950s, the emergence of Pop Art provides a fascinating insight into the transformation of culture in the age of commodity culture.
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