#benedettacappa

Benedetta Cappa:  (14 August 1897 – 15 May 1977) was an Italian futurist artist who has had retrospectives at the Walker Art Center and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Her work fits within the second phase of Italian Futurism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetta_Cappa

Known only by her first name, Benedetta Cappa worked across an impressive range of media, from ceramics and glass to paint and metal. The tactile experience of art was of great importance to her. Unusually for the time, she had first-hand experience flying in an airplane, and, inspired by these new perspectives, set out to overcome “earthbound limitations” in paint. The resulting fusion of paint and flight with her signature rhythmic patterns of colour slices put her at the forefront of Futurist exhibitions. As well as writing poetry, she penned essays exploring women’s place in the Fascist state: “I am too free and rebellious,” she told Futurism’s founder Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. “I do not want to be restricted. I want only to be me.” She married him. https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/10840/five-female-futurists-who-thrived-during-arts-most-misogynistic-movement

Je suis heureuse de vous présenter cette photographie car elle se situe précisément en Sicile à Palerme d'où sont originaires de mes ancêtres installés en Tunisie, du moins la majorité. La branche française étant Corse. L'oeuvre est celle d'une femme peintre Benedetta Cappa, surnommée Beny (1897, Rome 1977,Venise). Elle etait peintre et écrivain italienne. Elle rattache au courant du futurisme et fut l'épouse de Filippo Tommaso Marinetti #Repost @galeriemagazine In 1934 in Palermo, Italy, architect Angiolo Mazzoni designed the Palazzo delle Poste which now serves as a monumental government building and popular tourist destination. Pictured, the vivid conference room features striking murals by futurist painter Benedetta Cappa. — Photo by @Okolo_Architecture via @KellyBehunStudio — #AngioloMazzoni #PalazzoDellePoste #BenedettaCappa #GalerieMagazine #LiveArtfully https://www.instagram.com/p/CizJvbzMrcC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=