Lucio Fontana
(Rosario, AR, 1899 – Varese, 1968)
Il fiocinatore (Pescatore), Harpooner (or Fisherman), 1933- 1934. Bronzo / Bronze.
Concetto Spaziale / Spatial Concept paintings.
Two rooms in the Museo del Novecento in Milan are currently dedicated to the work of Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), who was educated locally at the Brera Academy. Fontana, famous for slashing his canvases, is represented in earlier experiments and his Concetti spaziali, where cuts open the canvas into real space. His work asks what painting can be, blurring the line between two-dimensional surface and sculptural object.