Lucio Fontana
Argentine-Italian · b. 1899
Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics
DESCRIPTION
The founder of Spatialism, Lucio Fontana is most famous for his 'Cuts' (Tagli) and 'Holes' (Buchi) in canvases, intended to open up the space behind the picture plane. His work integrated time, space, and matter, challenging the two-dimensional limits of painting.
REPRESENTED / EXHIBITED AT
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Bilbao
Galerie Vera Munro
Hamburg
Museo Novecento
Florence
Lévy Gorvy Dayan
New York
Voena
Milan
PAC / Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea
Milan
Museo del Novecento
Milan
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
Rome
Eduardo Secci Contemporary
Florence
Fundación Federico Jorge Klemm
Buenos Aires
Galerie Karsten Greve
Cologne