Making the Cut

In the mid-twentieth century, Lucio Fontana sought to free art from its physical limitations and to express the infinite with nothing…

Remy Dean
Signifier
Published in
4 min readMay 16, 2021

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Lucio Fontana was a challenging artists whose work brought together several strands of Modern Art, whilst interrogating the contemporary modalities at his disposal. Although he worked in many media during a career that spanned two world wars, he’s best known for the ground-breaking, canvas-slashing, Spatial Concept series, which he began in 1949.

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Remy Dean
Signifier

Author, Artist, Lecturer in Creative Arts & Media. ‘This, That, and The Other’ fantasy novels published by The Red Sparrow Press. https://remydean.blogspot.com