Antigraceful 1913

This is Umberto Boccioni’s bronze sculpture titled, "Antigraceful" – a title that gets right to the point. I imagine Boccioni wrestling with this bronze. He’s pulling and pushing it, trying to make something that defies the usual, you know, pretty stuff. I bet he was thinking about how to capture movement, how to show the energy of a face, not just its surface. The planes of the face are fractured, almost Cubist, but there’s also this raw, emotional quality. It reminds me of some of Picasso’s bronze heads. I think there’s a dialogue happening here. Artists looking at each other, challenging each other to break the mold. It's like they're saying, 'let's not just make art, let's make something alive.' It's this kind of rebellious spirit that keeps art evolving and exciting.