For the first time Lucio Fontana (1899–1968) and Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933), two prominent figures of the post-war Italian and international art scene, are put in dialogue with one another in the upcoming exhibition at Prada Rong Zhai, on view from 20th March to 15th June 2025.
The exhibition gathers 26 works exploring the complementary and partly divergent ways in which the two artists overcome the two-dimensional limits of the pictorial surface. As stated by curator Sook-Kyung Lee, “Fontana’s and Pistoletto’s interests in rejecting the existing paradigm of art and seeking new forms of expression persisted in their respective oeuvres. This exhibition aims to create a dialogue between the pair, emphasizing the direction they shared in their production while alluding to inevitable differences in their practices.”
Mirroring: Lucio Fontana and Michelangelo Pistoletto
20.3-15.6.2025
Prada Rong Zhai
Shanghai