Lucio Fontana @ Hauser & Wirth

August 13, 2020 

2-TIMES • Art
Lucio Fontana,
‘Walking the Space:
Spatial Environments
1948-1968’
@ Hauser & Wirth
— 

“Highlighting Fontana’s
critical contribution to
the evolution of conceptual
art and the confluence
of art with science and
technology as a means
to explore aspects of
human perceptual
experience.” 

Born: 
1899 — Rosario, Argentina. 

‘Walking the Space’: 
Is the first of a trilogy
of exhibitions that
Hauser & Wirth will
present in collaboration
with the Fontana
Foundation and Luca
Massimo Barbero.
Arranged chronologically
and beginning with
the artist's first spatial
work, ‘Walking the
Space’ features nine of
Fontana’s environments,
dating from the years
spanning 1948 to 1968. 

“The most radical,
but least well-known
area of his oeuvre, the
Spatial Environments
find Fontana moving
beyond the conventions
of painting by removing
the canvas and using
new technology,
including neon, to
‘paint’ space with light,
putting the viewer at
the center of the
composition.” 

On view at: 
Hauser & Wirth 
—
901-909 E 3rd St,
Los Angeles, CA 90013,
United States. 

Closes: 
September 13, 2020.