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Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, Attese, 1966. Waterpaint on canvas, signed, titled and inscribed Questo quadro è stato finito un sabato mattina on the reverse. Hayward Gallery, Moving To Italy, Lucio Fontana, Medieval Paintings, Earth Photos, Christian Messages, Guggenheim Museum, Blue Painting, Italian Artist

Few artists have been as influential with a singular gesture as Lucio Fontana slashing his canvases for the Tagli (Cut) series. The first major survey of the Argentine-Italian artist, currently on show at the Met Breuer and The Met Fifth Avenue, New York, seeks to demonstrate Fontana’s cultural"u2026

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Lucio Fontana: The Forthright Mark Spatial Concepts, Lucio Fontana, Jasper Johns, Textile Texture, Mark Making, Artist At Work, Artist Studio, Sculptor, Art History

We keep an image of artist Lucio Fontana approaching a blank canvas in our workspace. He holds a utility knife, ready to make a first cut into the pristine surface, a radical act, as was his puncturing of canvasses with a thick steel pick. Although he made his slashed and punctured works in the 40's and 50's, they still seem like an utterly radical, forthright, rather courageous act. His bold, unorthodox form of 'painting' yielded works of great beauty. ...Although one might view his actions…

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