Spinny Scoops across the Cosmos: A Glimpse at Fontana's Celestial Discs

Join us for a cosmic amble through Lucio Fontana's Spatial Concept: Nature sculptures. Explore these enigmatic bronze discs, one by one, as we traverse the electro-galactic landscapes.

Back in the 1950s, an Italian fellow named Lucio Fontana decided to lend a cosmic twist to modern sculpture. His masterwork, Spatial Concept: Nature, was born between 1959 and 1960. Today, these intriguing bronzed disks reside in various locales – a collection of them can be found in Reveal. In the following year of 1965, another set landed in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C, nestled within the United States. Yet another set found refuge in Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, under the stewardship of the Walker Art Center. So, if you've been pondering the mysteries of the cosmos, embark on this stellar tour, one scoop at a time!

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