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'Abstract Speed - The Car Has Passed' 1913 -- oil on Canvas |
In the Italian Futurist group, Balla was a leading figure. He believed that the speed and power of machines, such as motorcycles and cars was the characteristics of the modern age and he wanted to express this main idea in his work. This piece of art was originally the right hand part of a triptych, a work of art that is divided into three sections or three carved panels. The left hand part of the triptych was called the "Line of Force + Landscape." The central one was called "Lines of Force + Noise." The main idea and theme of this triptych was the passage of a car along a while long road with blue and green forms, evoking sky and earth in the background. The areas with pinkish color show the exhaust fumes left by the passing car.
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