Tornabuoni Art is an art gallery specializing in Italian art from the second half of the 20th century. This year, the gallery has added a new space in London, which is a perfect compliment to the gallery's already impressive list of exhibition spaces in Florence, Milan, Paris and more. The Casamonti family opened the gallery in 1981 and owns the world's largest collection of Lucio Fontana works. When we saw that the gallery would open the London space with an all Fontana show, it immediately piqued our interest.

LUCIO FONTANA - Concetto spaziale, 1957 (Courtesy Tornabuoni Art, London) — LUCIO FONTANA - Concetto spaziale, 1957 (Courtesy Tornabuoni Art, London)

Lucio Fontana was an Italian artist primarily known as being the founder of "Spatialism". In 1946 he published the "Manifesto blanco" in Argentina which essentially outlined the main ideas of this new movement. Fontana sought to synthesize sound, space, color, movement and time to create a new form of art. Embracing new science and technology were also major tenets of Spatialism. Fontana would go on to inspire countless other artists and Spatialism would become an important art movement of the later half of the 20th century.

The Brvtalist has always been fond of Fontana's works, particularly his "Slash" series in which he made deep cuts in monochrome paintings creating new fields of depth and space. We always support artists who embrace new developments in the world and Fontana frequently worked with neon lighting, television and more. The new Tornabuoni London space looks to be a great location for the gallery and we couldn't think of a better way to kick things off. For more information please visit http://www.tornabuoniarte.it

-JRS