Resources

Here are some resources for anyone interested in the Great British Vortex.

physical locations

I do not personally possess any Vorticist works (unfortunately) but the best place for paying homage to the masters is the Tate Gallery in London.  I hope you can take a look at the Vorticist works by Wyndham Lewis and David Bomberg, Gaudier-Brzeska and Epstein. Their collection also includes works by the Futurist Nevinson and Balla. You can also see what awful works existed before this time by such alleged artists as Sickert. Current exhibits vary every few years but I am sure they have got some hanging there from the years we are interested in.  They also have some work in the archive & store but you have to write to the trustees explaining why you want to see them.  If you are a student, and you're doing a special project on the Vorticists, then that should be enough to secure an appointment. 

There is much Futurist work at a new gallery in London, http://www.estorickcollection.com. See what the Vorticists were battling against!

The original REBEL ART CENTRE in London has now been demolished. It once stood on the site of the modern entrance to Great Ormond Street Children's hospital (Gt Ormond St).

Gaudier-Bzeska worked in arch 25 underneath the District Line on the south side of the tube Bridge across the Thames, Putney. Last time I looked it was a furniture workshop. Nothing much to see here. Definitely no surviving vorticist works.

PURE FORM is the book that Wyndham Lewis and his disciples would have come across by Roger Fry. There is a copy available for perusal at the Victoria & Albert Museum Library, but you have to prove you're a bona-fide researcher.

virtual locations

If you can't get there to see the pictures in person, there's quite a bit on the net.  For pictures the best link is http://www.tate.org.uk.

Some information and pictures about Futurism exists at the Estorick Collection, http://www.estorickcollection.com.

books

Regarding books, Vorticism & Abstract Art in the First Machine Age by Richard Cork is the standard work.  Unfortunately its out of print and/or highly expensive but it is a treasure trove of info, and is highly interesting - two volumes - find a copy now! Look for the subject vorticism at Amazon using this handy link.  Other less expensive books are also very good...

Lewis's two editions of Blast have both been republished by the Black Sparrow press of the US. Unfortunately it's no longer in print and is unlisted at their website but they are occassionally found at Amazon ALWAYS at Abebooks (sometimes alongside the original item at around £1,000 dependent on condition...).