Lucio Fontana
(Rosario, AR, 1899 – Varese, 1968)
Il fiocinatore (Pescatore), Harpooner (or Fisherman), 1933- 1934. Bronzo / Bronze.
Signorina Sedate (Seated Lady), 1934. Painted bronze.
Concetto Spaziale II (Golgotha Crocifissione), Spatial Concept II (Golgotha Crucifixion), 1956
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.