Lucio Fontana: Sculpture | Exhibition and Book Release | Hauser & Wirth, New York

Concetto spaziale, La luna a Venezia [Spacial Concept, The Moon in Venice]

‘And what if he had only been a sculptor?’ —Enrico Crispolti, 2007 Lucio Fontana. Sculpture’ will be accompanied by a new, fully illustrated catalogue from Hauser & Wirth Publishers, laid out by the designer Leonardo Sonnoli and edited by leading Fontana scholar and scientific advisor to the Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Luca Massimo Barbero. The book, realized in collaboration with the Fondazione, will be the first comprehensive monograph in English dedicated to Fontana’s sculptural works and includes a foreword by Paolo Laurini and essays by art historians Cristina Beltrami and Maria Villa, as well as an essay by the curator. Book Release: ‘Lucio Fontana: Sculpture’ Hauser & Wirth Publishers’ new publication is the first scholarly monograph in English devoted to Lucio Fontana’s extraordinary sculptural work. Released on 3 November, accompanying the artist’s eponymous show at Hauser & Wirth New York, 69th Street.