This is definitely the "easiest" painting in the world to complete, and almost any person can create such a work of art.
In the 30s of the last century, he only used a dagger to poke a few holes in the canvas to create a work of art worth 185 million yuan, which even became a "trend".
At that time, not only was Basel Fair particularly fond of such works, but it also changed the aesthetics of society for a time.
These works are obviously not technical, why do they become hundreds of millions of works of art?
Strange work
In the works of Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci, we can see the art and feel the charm of these paintings.
Leonardo da Vinci pursued the truth, while Van Gogh pursued abstraction and exaggeration, and his mind was wild, painting whatever came to mind.
A painting "The Scream" abstracts the real world, and the writer uses extremely exaggerated brushwork to draw a person who screams to the point of distortion, and we can even see the fear in the simple expressions of the characters.
Leonardo da Vinci's works are very elegant, he uses rich colors to paint vivid characters, these works bring his heart and soul to life.
Many netizens said that after reading the paintings of these two classic writers, and then looking at this simple knife mark painting, and cutting a few marks on the curtain for a few dollars, it is a famous work of art.
Everyone couldn't help but feel funny, such a non-technical drawing, almost a three-year-old child can draw without pressure.
Netizens said that such a painting doesn't know what it is expressing, and if this can become an artist, then I think I can do it again.
But this kind of untechnical painting has not only sold for high prices many times, but has even become the public's favorite artwork.
As we all know, many young painters who are not famous, no matter how good their painting skills are, their works can't make a splash in the art world at all, but simple knife mark paintings can reach the top.
This can't help but make the majority of netizens curious, who is this person who created the knife mark painting? How did he become a trend?
Fantasy Writer
Speaking of the author of the knife mark painting, some friends who know how to paint should know this person, this person is named Lucio · Fontana, like most artists, he was able to embark on the road of art thanks to his father.
His father was an Italy sculptor, and under the influence of his elders, he had a deeper understanding of art than his peers, and his ideas were always ahead of his time.
Under the guidance of his parents, Fontana embarked on the path of art, and his career path was not as tortuous as that of other artists, and he has always been conscientious in doing his own thing.
Although he kept to himself, he did not make waves in the art world in the first half of his life, he did not have unique works, and he did not have extraordinary talents.
It can be said that the first half of Fontana's life was very mediocre, and he was also an unoutstanding existence among ordinary people.
He traveled back and forth between Argentina and Italy to learn creative techniques and then regained his pottery skills, but none of them achieved much success.
However, in the second half of his life, he suddenly found his own style and created paintings that led the contemporary trend.
Fontana, who was middle-aged, had the idea of making a "work of space", and in 1958, he was inspired to create a canvas cut work.
Although this work is not famous, it became a reference work for artists in the 60s.
Once the inspiration poured out, it was uncontrollable, and Fontana finally reached a turning point in his fate in his fifties.
He released the first collection of "Spatial Concepts", that is, works that use a knife to scratch marks on a variety of canvases.
In his early "knife mark paintings", he used brightly colored cloth as a base, and later, with some simple processing, the canvas could be scratched.
This move may not be understood by many people now, in fact, in the early days of Fontana's creation, no one understood it, and few people saw his exhibitions.
At the time, however, his paintings were favored by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Paris, who included Fontana's work in the museum and exhibited it to the public.
Fontana was one of the first "abstract" painters, and he can be regarded as the originator of spatial works.
After that, he applied the concept of space to ceramics and created many new works, all of which were very simple without exception.
So why did his works sell for sky-high prices?
Source: Art China
Sky-high "simple" works
Fontana's concept of space is to break common sense, and the meaning expressed in his works is that the canvas can do anything, and the space of the canvas is to break the canvas.
During his lifetime, his works were not recognized by the public, and no one even cared about them, and it was not until after his death that his works appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
At this time, the people were so impressed by the artworks he created that major museums rushed to collect Fontana's works, and at this time, the major artists began to study the meaning of these works.
As the saying goes, where there is demand, there is a market, and the greater the demand, the price of goods will rise all the way.
Source: China Securities Network
Under the influence of artists and major museums at the time, the price of these works rose all the way, and in 2008, "The Concept of Space, the End of God" was sold at Sotheby's for 170 million yuan, which was the most expensive artwork of the year.
The price of this work is not the highest record for Fontana, who set a record for "post-war and contemporary art", which sold for 185 million yuan at auction.
Such deeds may not be able to understand the meaning of such deeds, and why such works can be worth hundreds of millions of yuan.
However, from an artistic point of view, a few simple knife marks are a visual breakthrough, and he provides a new idea for the artist.
There may still be many people who don't understand, but art is like that, and only those who appreciate the work can feel the charm of the work.
Even though Fontana's expression is too abstract, there are still many people abroad who like his work and regard his achievements as a goal to strive for.
Source: Art China
In the eyes of those who don't like art, his deeds are very shocking, and he can create a hundred million yuan of art with a few pieces of cloth, while in the eyes of those who appreciate art, what they see is Fontana's contribution to the art world.
From 1966 to the present, his works have been praised, and foreign collectors have loved his works, and recently, many people have also paid attention to his sculptures.
Many foreign collectors say that Fontana's artworks have ornamental and unique meanings.
Everyone looks at art from a different angle, everyone has their own point of view, and everyone just needs to maintain their own point of view on art.
Resources:
1. China Securities Network: "A Knife to Fame - The Auction Legend of Fontana" 2018-9-5
2. Art China: "He Created the Myth of Minimalism: Lucio Fontana", April 18, 2017
3. Art China: Fontana: How to Support the Auction Legend with a Cut Canvas, August 6, 2017
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