Lucio Fontana
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Lucio Fontana
Christine, Jingchun,Travis p.4
An Italian sculptor, painter and theorist.
Life
- Born in Argentina in 1899
- Died in Italy in 1968
- Influenced an art movement
- Opened his own studio at a young age
- Has worked with other great artists
What was Unique?
- Art style included the violation of the canvas.
- Questioned the typical Western art on a canvas or paper.
- Throughout violence, his art remained intact.
- At times, various odd objects were put in the pierced canvas.
A Theory
- Fontana established a theory called Spazialisimo
- Principle: a dynamic form energy should be transformed to invade space
- Fontana used this theory in the late 1940's and on
- Various artist joined in on Fontana's movement in art.
Artworks
- he mostly used oil, alkyd, nyl acetate, acrylic, acylic-vinyl
- Buchi (holes) Tagli (slashes) are the two categories of his art
- Teatrini: the foreground is a series of irregular spheres or silhouettes
- His art created a lively shadow play
- Art ranged from big dimensions
