Exhibition: Zang! The first futuristic furniture

Naples - Real Palace - Doric Room
15-29 May 2009
Inauguration on Friday 15 May at 5.00 pm

The exhibition Zang!The first futuristic furniture aims to underline the role played by Naples in the creation of a futuristic poetics and, especially in the development of a theory on the modern furniture. The first manifesto dedicated to this subject was "Futuristic furnishings". Furniture as a surprise which speak, published in 1920 in "Roma Fururista"; there is the description of some furnishings, such as the chair ZANG! Which represents the lead line of the whole exhibition, although there aren't graphic testimonies any more.

Following this lead line, some important Neapolitan artists interpret the furniture realized by Cangiullo and, thanks to this kaleidoscope made of art works,it's possible to create a survey on the art in Naples. Drawings by Riccardo Dalisi, Gerardo Di Fiore, Bruno Donzelli, Sergio Fermariello, Lino Fiorito, Mario Persico, Lorenzo Scotto di Luzio, Ernesto Tatafiore and Giuseppe Zevola, are joined, during the exhibition, by a series of historic reconstructions of furniture which drawn on Futuristic artists' original projects such as, Giacomo Balla, Fortunato Depero ed Enrico Prampolini.

The exhibition on one hand aims to present a large part of the futuristic furniture universe, and on the other hand represents the occasion to confirm the futuristic vision about the birth of the modern design, characterized by the beauty of daily tools, which, in this way are both beautiful and useful.
With this exhibition, Naples wants to celebrate the futuristic centenary, celebrated in many Italian cities paying attention to the central role played by the Marinetti's movement inside of the European Vanguards.