Lucio Fontana was one of the most unique artists of the 20th century. His aesthetic positions place him somewhere between abstraction and expressionism, although he is primarily known as the founder of Spatialism or Movimento Spaziale, a visual tendency that is grounded in the White Manifesto, which Fontana published in the 1940s. This current proposed the exploration of three-dimensional values in painting to move beyond its two-dimensional character and expand its limits. In consonance with these ideas, in 1958 Fontana began to work on his best-known work, slicing stretched canvas. These works involved monochrome paintings cut with a razor blade or cutter, with the incisions allowing the viewer to see the back of the painting and the stretcher frame, conjuring a notion of depth. Yet Fontana also worked in sculpture, a less-known aspect of his production.
List of artworks
Concetto spaziale natura , 1960-1961
Concetto spaziale natura , 1960-1961
Omaggio alla pillola , 1967
Concetto spaziale natura , 1960-1961
Concetto spaziale natura , 1960-1961
Omaggio alla pillola , 1967
Press articles
1915 – 1995
Col·lecció Josep Suñol
Owing to the number of works in the collection, the first show included a selection of the most representative pieces dating from 1915 to 1995.
Dialogues
First part
An idea that ran right through the 20th century: confrontation implies both affinities and discrepancies with initially similar subjects.
27 works, 18 artists
Josep Suñol Collection
27 pieces from the Josep Suñol Collection to help expand visitors’ knowledge of 20th-century art.
Sculpture/Object
Josep Suñol Collection
36 pieces from the Josep Suñol Collection, ranging from the early avant-garde up to the most daring experiments of the 1990s.
Continuum
Josep Suñol Collection
A journey through the last ninety years of artistic creation and offers an excellent platform for thinking about 20th-century art.
I sei sensi (The Six Senses)
Italia
A glimpse at the Josep Suñol Collection focusing on works by Italian artists from the second avant-garde such as Fontana, Battaglia or Longobardi.
Known Masterpieces
In Three Acts
Què fa immortal un artista, què el llança cap a la posteritat? On neix la pulsió que ens porta a mirar determinades obres sense cansar-nos-en?
Italia. I sei sensi as seen by...
Visits that offer readings from different creative disciplines of contemporary Italian culture, and also analysis of specific aspects of the exhibited artworks
Dialogue between Valentín Roma and Ángela Molina
On the occasion of the exhibition Known Masterpieces, Fundació Suñol organizes a conversation between Valentín Roma and Ángela Molina around the masterpiece status in contemporary art.
Guided tour to Known masterpieces
(Catalan)
Fundació Suñol organizes a visit in Catalan to the exhibtion Known Masterpieces conducted by the fundation’s team.
A poetics of use: Making use of the library
An intervention by Antònia del Río
Antònia del Rio has selected extracts from books of the library of Fundació Suñol referring to the construction of historiographical discourse on the artist as genius and works of...
27 works, 18 artists
This exhibition puts together 27 pieces from the Suñol Soler Collection with the aim of expanding knowledge of 20th century art.
Sculpture/Object
The exhibition Sculpture/Object was the first of various commemorative events for Fundació Suñol’s 5th anniversary, held in 2012. It showed 36 pieces from the Collection.
ITALIA. I sei sensi (The Six Senses)
Exhibition dedicated to the second avant-guard Italian artists present in the Suñol Soler Collection.
How many betrayals are necessary to make a contemporary classic?
Raül Garrigasait
To achieve the contemporary classic status an artwork must face the conflicts of its time. This activity offers a reflective tou to Known masterpieces.
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