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Space Concept ,Waiting

Lucio Fontana1965/1965

Sezon Museum of Modern Art

Sezon Museum of Modern Art
Karuizawa,Kitasaku,Nagano, Japan

Born in Argentina in 1899, Luciano Fontana was an artist representing the 20th century Italy. He studied at an art school in Milan and began producing abstract sculptures around 1930. In 1947 Fontana launched manifesto of Spatialism. Fontana’s experimental works with sharp slashes and holes shattered traditional stereotypes about art and were huge stimuli to the development of post-World War II art.
Space Concept Waiting has several sharp vertical slashes on the horizontal canvas painted evenly in white. The canvas with several slashes forces viewers to confront the fact that a painting is just a piece of cloth stretched on a wooden frame. Deep darkness spreads beyond the cuts, which may be described “violent,” on the canvas. By slashing the canvas, Fontana succeeded in gaining infinite space connecting to the universe of his painting.

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  • Title: Space Concept ,Waiting
  • Creator: Lucio Fontana
  • Date created: 1965/1965
  • Physical Dimensions: 76.0×200.0
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: © Lucio Fontana by SIAE&JASPER,Tokyo, 2022 E5048
  • Medium: Water paint on canvas
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