Lucio Fontana at Galleria Borghese in Rome
Lucio Fontana becomes the first 20th-century Italian artist to be honoured with an exhibition at Galleria Borghese in Rome.
22 May-28 July. Rome's Galleria Borghese presents Terra e oro (Earth and gold), a major exhibition of works by Lucio Fontana, the museum's first show dedicated to a 20th-century Italian artist.
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Curated by Galleria Borghese director Anna Coliva, the exhibition comprises around 50 works and is divided into two sections: spatial concepts and ceramic crucifixes.
Fontana's gold-painted canvases and ceramics on display were produced mainly between 1958 and 1968, the final decade in the life of the radical artist.
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The Fontana exhibition at Galleria Borghese follows other shows dedicated to pioneering international artists from the 20th century including Bacon, Giacometti and Picasso.
Born in Argentina in 1899, Fontana was a pioneer of abstract art in Italy in the 1930s, and is best known for founding Spatialism, a movement whose grandiose aim was to synthesise colour, sound, space, movement and time into a more sensory form of art.
The Italian painter and sculptor is credited with paving the way for a younger generation of abstract artists such as Yves Klein, Julio Le Parc, François Morellet and Dan Flavin.
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For full exhibition details, including information on how to visit, see Galleria Borghese website.
Photo credits: Niccolò Ara. © Fondazione Lucio Fontana by SIAE 2019.
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Lucio Fontana at Galleria Borghese in Rome
Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5, 00197 Roma RM, Italia