http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90491/artist-s-quote ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: artist's quote http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90491/artist-s-quote 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90491/artist-s-quote Sat, 01 Jun 1946 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>artist's quote</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Lucio Fontana</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>1946</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Walker Art Center</td> </tr> </table><br/><i>We are living in the mechanical age. Painted canvas and standing plaster figures no longer have any reason to exist. What is needed is a change in both essence and form. What is needed is the supercession of painting, sculpture, poetry, and music. It is necessary to have an art that is in greater harmony with the needs of the new spirit.</i> Lucio Fontana, 1946 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90491/artist-s-quote We are living in the mechanical age. Painted canvas and standing plaster figures no longer have any reason to exist. What is needed is a change in both essence and form. What is needed is the supercession of painting, sculpture, poetry, and music. It is necessary to have an art that is in greater harmony with the needs of the new spirit. Lucio Fontana, 1946" type="image/jpeg" />We are living in the mechanical age. Painted canvas and standing plaster figures no longer have any reason to exist. What is needed is a change in both essence and form. What is needed is the supercession of painting, sculpture, poetry, and music. It is necessary to have an art that is in greater harmony with the needs of the new spirit. Lucio Fontana, 1946" type="image/jpeg" />Lucio Fontana