Piero Manzoni Italian, 1933-1963

In 1905, Lucio Fontana (b. 1899 Rosario, Argentina - d. 1968 Comabbio, Italy) emigrated with his father from Argentina to Milan, where in 1928 he began a two-year course in sculpture at the Accademia di Belle Arte di Brera. In 1935, together with Solati, Veronesi and others, he signed the first manifesto of Italian abstract art and devoted himself to working with ceramics in Albisola Mare. In 1947, Fontana signed the first Manifesto dello Spazialismo, which demanded the evolution of artistic means in the search for new experiences of space and the fusion of different artistic disciplines.

In the 1960s, more and more perforated canvases were created in his oeuvre, as well as the Teatrino, in which he placed polished wooden elements in front of the canvas. Fontana participated in all major ZERO exhibitions until 1965 and although he belonged to an older generation than most other artists in the group, his experimental artistic perspective and vital character made him a central figure of the ZERO movement.