“Spazio? O colabrodo?”

14.05.2025

Studying the past to better understand the present, we came across a surprising piece of writing.
At the 27th Venice Biennale in 1954, Lucio Fontana was received like this… then, in the 1960s, things would change!

“Space? Or a sieve?

Far too many holes. But don’t count them, because the number would nullify the concept of space and infinity. Technically, the work appears sloppy, and the composition is far from convincing: look at the last row, the straight diagonal at the bottom.”

The painting being discussed is the masterpiece in the photo.