Tag: Lucio Fontana
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Luca Massimo Barbero – interview: ‘Fontana is a pioneer of conceptual art not just sculpture, a poetic response to more mental experimentation’
As the second in a trilogy of exhibitions dedicated to Lucio Fontana takes place at Hauser & Wirth New York, Luca Massimo Barbero, who curated it in collaboration with the Fondazione Lucio Fontana, explains why the artist is so important…
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Turi Simeti (1929-2021): A Homage
A tribute to Turi Simeti presents an encapsulated overview of a major figure of Italy’s postwar avant-gardes
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Bochner Boetti Fontana
This lush, even glamorous exhibition is curated by Mel Bochner and comprises 18 works by himself, Alighiero Boetti and Lucio Fontana, as he seeks to show the connective threads that bind them
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Nanda Vigo (1936-2020)
Nanda Vigo, the multifaceted protagonist of postwar European arts, has died in Milan aged 83
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Cerith Wyn Evans: “… the Illuminating Gas”
Enter Wyn Evans’s dazzling universe with this show of mesmerising light and sound sculptures and installations
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Lucio Fontana: On the Threshold
A miraculous retrospective revivifies the Argentine-Italian painter and sculptor, laying bare the breath of his vision and revealing an artist constantly surging forward
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Bonalumi 1958-2013
The first retrospective of Bonalumi’s sculptural exploration of canvas, colour and material since his death is nothing if not comprehensive, consolidating his place within Italy’s postwar avant garde and the influence he has exerted on subsequent artists and architects
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Joseph Kosuth: ‘I was always interested in the limits of language and there’s no better way of demonstrating that than with definitions of colours’
On the occasion of his curated installation at Mazzoleni, Joseph Kosuth, the pioneer of conceptual art, speaks to Studio International about his insistence that art must question and elicit meaning, the impoverishment of art’s critical bite under market domination, and…
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Zero: Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s-60s
The Guggenheim is to be congratulated for tackling the complex subject of the German artists’ group Zero, and the international network of artists with whom they forged connections, in an attempt to change the face of postwar art
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Nanda Vigo: interview
A pioneer in modern Italian art, Nanda Vigo has continually skirted the confines of design, architecture and installation to compelling effect, in her own practice, as well as in her collaborations with other radical figures such as Lucio Fontana and…
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