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  • Spatialism and The Slashed Canvases of Lucio Fontana
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    Spatialism and The Slashed Canvases of Lucio Fontana

    Lucio Fontana’s minimalist modern art has delighted and confused critics since he started producing his infamous slashed canvases in the 1940s. One of his most celebrated works Spatial Concept: Waiting consists of a single cut on a warm, brown-hued canvas. As the father of the spatialism concept, Fontana was at the helm of important developments in the modern art movement.…