very large LUCIO FONTANA - concetto spaziale - ATTESE
50cm x 70cm canvas on stretcher
unframed
A very large and beautiful Lucio Fontana Since no further information is available, it is offered here at a very low price. no further information for this reason sold as a painting after Fontana.
Lucio Fontana's slashes in canvases are like wounds on the surface of reality, raw and alive. Each cut is a gesture of daring freedom—an intimate confrontation with space and time. The act is simultaneously violent and tender, breaking the boundary between the seen and the unseen. Fontana's cuts are not destruction; they are revelations, openings that invite the viewer to feel the depth, movement, and life that lie just beyond the surface.
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LUCIO FONTANA
Lucio Fontana (1899–1968) was an influential Argentine-Italian artist, best known as the founder of the Spatialism movement. Born in Rosario, Argentina, he later moved to Italy, where he became a central figure in postwar avant-garde art. Fontana sought to go beyond traditional painting and sculpture, exploring the concept of space, light, and movement in his work.
He is most famous for his Concetto Spaziale (“Spatial Concept”) series, in which he famously slashed or punctured canvases. These cuts were not acts of destruction but intentional gestures that revealed a new dimension of space, challenging the flatness of traditional painting. Fontana also experimented with neon, ceramics, and other media, emphasizing the integration of art and technology..
Fontana's work had a profound impact on contemporary art, influencing minimalism, abstract expressionism, and installation art. He remains celebrated for his radical vision, transforming the canvas from a two-dimensional surface into a gateway to infinite spatial possibilities.