Lucio Fontana

The Italian artist Lucio Fontana was born in Rosario di Santa Fé in Argentina as the son of Italian immigrants on February 19, 1899

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2006

By slashing the center of his canvases, Fontana allowed three–dimensional space to intrude into an otherwise two–dimensional surface. Fontana first introduced perforations within his works in 1949 and referred to these as "spatial concepts." He then began slashing his canvases in the early 1950s and added the term "Expectations" to the title. While these works immediately conjure acts of violence and iconoclasm, Fontana claimed "I have constructed, not destroyed."

1960. Slashed canvas and gauze

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