Concetto Spaziale, Attese

When Lucio Fontana took a razor blade to a canvas, he didn’t just slice a single canvas but instead cut open the entire Italian canon. The father of Spatialism, Fontana created a space for energy to infiltrate the two dimensional plane and achieve dynamic forms of expression. In doing so, his works approach infinity. The simple act of creating a hole or a slash, adds a mathematical dimension and turns painting into sculpture. He creates empty, weightless meaning, and then allows a metaphysical space to exist within them. For Fontana, his works approach cosmic unity – in the small emptiness of the canvas and the impossible expanse of space we can find the same infinity. ‘​​I make holes, the infinite goes through them, light passes through them, there is no need to paint…’ said Fontana.