Between 1909 and 1914. Picabia rubbed all about "-isms" the beginning of the century: Fauvism, Futurism, Cubism and orphism in search of a new artistic language of modernism.
"There was not one artist who could invent so many new trends, but Picabia gave no trouble to systematically develop the artistic formula" - Marc de Bo wrote in his book, "Francis Picabia and figurative crisis of values."
During this period, Picabia was searching for an artistic language that would have given him the opportunity to express their emotional and mental state. He regularly exhibited at the salons - first of fovistskogo period in 1911, then, in sleluyuschem year, Cubist canvases. In 1913, he showed a more abstract works - "Tarantella" and "Port of Naples" ...
He joined the Society of Modern Painting of Normandy, where he became acquainted with other artists in the vanguard. 1910-11 gg. marked the beginning of his friendship with Marcel Duchamp and the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, izobretalem term "orphism" denoting artistic trend, based on pure painting by analogy with the music.
In 1913 an important event in the history of modern art - International Exhibition of Modern Art in New York Armory Show.
Picabia went there as a representative and a herald of the European avant-garde and immediately became famous. In this exhibition were shown 4 works of the artist. Picabia gave a press interview in which to explain that "depicts on canvas my soul," and that "the public should not look at his paintings of photographic reproduction seen, she should look at these pictures as an attempt to express the purity of the abstract reality of form and color themselves by itself. Critics, I must say, most of them were soon lost, many have written that these "color harmony" they saw "a danger to art," "hoax" or even "conspiracy". Rather than originally envisaged Picabia spent two weeks in New York 6 months.
In New York, Picabia met with the photographer Alfred Shtayglittsem and a group of his friends, exhibited in Gallery 291 on Fifth Avenue. Was organized to show in this gallery.
Picabia was left of New York impressed: "New York - is the world's only cubist city ... a futuristic city. It expresses modern thinking in its architecture, in his life, in their spirit. "
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