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In the early part of this century, only a
handful of people could comprehend
where Pablo Picasso and his small circle
of friends were coming from. But the
Cubists weren't concerned with applause.
They just wanted to create their art.
"During those years, Picasso and I
discussed things which nobody will ever
discuss again, which nobody else would
know how to discuss, which nobody else
would know how to understand."
-Georges Braque
s Cubism was coming to age in Paris
between 1907 and 1914, a similar
movement called Futurism exploded out
of Milan in 1909. A manifesto by Filippo
Tommaso Marinetti described a move-
ment that would overturn tradition and
all of its stagnant ways.
"The oldest among us are thirty. When
we are forty, let others-younger and
more daring men-throw us into the
wastepaper basket like useless manu-
scripts! They will rush to kill us, their
hatred so much stronger as their hearts
will be overwhelmed with love and admi-
ration for us! And powerful and healthy
Every day the stakes get high-
er and any edge is fair game.
Dan Drehobl (left) makes
metal contact 180° nosegrind
style. William Nguyen
(sequence) scuffs a varial
heelflip noseslide. John Puco
(right) becomes reacquainted
with Love Park via the
frontside noseslide approach.
Injustice will burst
radiantly in their
eyes. For art can only
be violence, cruelty,
and injustice."
-Filippo Tommaso
Marinetti
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