EZIO GRIBAUDO AND LUCIO FONTANA

Two striking documents retrace the artistic and professional fellowship between Lucio Fontana and Ezio Gribaudo. In the background, the metallic city of New York is the inspiration for new spatial concepts…
In 1961 Lucio Fontana was fascinated by the New York atmosphere. He was there for an exhibition that  contributed to make him famous across the world. New York was a sort of Eliotian Unreal City, a tremendous and mysterious place, where an artist could project his imagination and enhance his style.
For this exhibition Ezio Gribaudo presents his series "Diario di New York," along with a group of pastels, all of which dated to 1961.  Also on view is one of Lucio Fontana's historical paintings, Spatial Concept, New York, 1961. Lastly, the film Viaggio a New York, an artistic commentary to their American journey, will also be shown.
More than an invaluable witness to Lucio Fontana's artistic experience, this film  represents the attempt to  transpose  some of the most important themes from the avant-garde. Akin to many of the cinematographic experiments that were being carried out during that period, the frames  are a figurative stream of consciousness.