Show I SAYS FUTURISTS ARE MENTALLY DISEASED LONDON LONDON-Dy LONDON By The Th Associated Press Futurist Futurist painters are arc men- men mentally mentally tally ally diseased contortionists and not artists Sir Frank sale president of the Royal Academy declared when asked to comment on an exhibition of the Pandemonium Group at lh the Beaux Arts Galleries There must be some good in these pictures Sir Frank said but b I doubt it They arc aren the sort of pic- pic picures pictures by any Any- anybody Anybody anybody tires tures ures that could be painted body except an artist The pawn painters are arc not artists and I think this ii 14 I all that hat can be said for their modesty modesty- cannot paint and so ro rothey they hey the know they they hey endeavor to attract attention as contortionists I do not know quite what their object is whether they want to attract attention or whether they are just mentally diseased Unfortunately they hey are area a danger to art ar They do donot donot donot not study drawing and painting and they hey are liable to attract to their ranks anks young artists who might have lA made good and who under their Influence will stop studying and pro- pro produce produce duce ucc this kind of pictures instead |