The course aims to provide the skills for a visual reading of contemporary art works
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The course aims at reconstructing the development of Lucio Fontana's sculpture from the Thirties to the Sixteens of the 20th century. By analyzing particular episodes of his artistic research, from the beginning to his maturity, The course will focus on the relation of Fontana's sculpture with the architectural space. Thanks to the critical literature, students will have access to the rudiments of Italian sculpture of the 20th century and Fontana's relations with the historical avant-gardes. His link with the non-figurative tradition of abstract art and the figurative one such as surrealism. After he participated in the exhibitions at Galleria del Milione and Triennale di Milano, between the two wars, and after he drafted Manifesto Blanco in 1946, he has represented the Italian sculpture abroad. The lectures will increase the knowledge of critical issues on sculpture in Italy and Fontana's fortune, especially in the United States. We could understand Fontana's sculpture and environments as form and matter of a tactile-visual experience that anticipated today's immersive installation art.
For non-attending students, an individual program will be evaluated.
Programme
Lucio Fontana: from sculpture as an object in space to the environment as spatial sculpture.The course aims at reconstructing the development of Lucio Fontana's sculpture from the Thirties to the Sixteens of the 20th century. By analyzing particular episodes of his artistic research, from the beginning to his maturity, The course will focus on the relation of Fontana's sculpture with the architectural space. Thanks to the critical literature, students will have access to the rudiments of Italian sculpture of the 20th century and Fontana's relations with the historical avant-gardes. His link with the non-figurative tradition of abstract art and the figurative one such as surrealism. After he participated in the exhibitions at Galleria del Milione and Triennale di Milano, between the two wars, and after he drafted Manifesto Blanco in 1946, he has represented the Italian sculpture abroad. The lectures will increase the knowledge of critical issues on sculpture in Italy and Fontana's fortune, especially in the United States. We could understand Fontana's sculpture and environments as form and matter of a tactile-visual experience that anticipated today's immersive installation art.
Core Documentation
During the lessons, further bibliographical indications will be provided.For non-attending students, an individual program will be evaluated.
Reference Bibliography
PIROVANO Carlo, Scultura italiana del Novecento, Milano, Electa - Banco Ambrosiano Veneto 1991. Lucio Fontana : catalogo ragionato di sculture, dipinti, ambientazioni Crispolti, Enrico ; Ardemagni Laurini, Nini ; Ernesti, Valeria Milano : Skira, 2006. Lucio Fontana Ambienti/Environments, a c. di Marina Pugliese et alii, catalogo della mostra, Milano: Pirelli HangarBicocca, 21 settembre 2017-25 febbraio 2018.Type of delivery of the course
The course will base on lectures, where some of the study cases shown in the lessons will be accurately analyzed, applying a comparative method. The reference textbooks will allow students to have a vast iconography of the visual landscape and therefore offer the first orientation to understand the art of Lucio Fontana.Type of evaluation
The assessment of the skills acquired will happen through a discussion of a written paper on a topic agreed with the teacher.