Black Country

Black Country, Carl Fudge's solo exhibition of paintings and woodcut prints at Chelsea's Galerie Richard was inspired by Edward Wadsworth's woodcuts.  It is a remix of the best vorticist works.

Fudge at Richard, New York 2011:

Vorticist drawings

Vorticism is the Brit's answer to modernism during World War I.  The show The Vorticists: Manifesto for a Modern World I saw at Tate Britain this past summer is both educational and inspirational.  Works by vorticist pioneers shown at the exhibition are full of futurist dynamism characteristic of this short-lived movement.  Since photography was not allowed at the exhibition, I had to do some quick sketches on site.

Edward Wadsworth:

Frederick Etchells:

Jessica Dismorr: