Fixing Fontana #19
In the 1950s, some Italian-Argentine artist named Lucio Fontana moved into my studio apartment in Greenwich Village, but it was too small, and he soon left, looking for more spatialism. But he left behind a stash of paintings, hidden beneath the foyer’s floorboards. I guess he ditched them because didn’t like them: They were all slashed up by a knife or boxcutter. But I thought they were pretty good, and feeling bad for him, and in his memory, I decided to fix them up and sign them on his behalf.
Artist: Bryant Rousseau
The copyright symbol is a digital watermark only; it does NOT appear on the actual artwork.
Acrylic paint and tape on 11” x 14” gashed canvas; signed
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In the 1950s, some Italian-Argentine artist named Lucio Fontana moved into my studio apartment in Greenwich Village, but it was too small, and he soon left, looking for more spatialism. But he left behind a stash of paintings, hidden beneath the foyer’s floorboards. I guess he ditched them because didn’t like them: They were all slashed up by a knife or boxcutter. But I thought they were pretty good, and feeling bad for him, and in his memory, I decided to fix them up and sign them on his behalf.
Artist: Bryant Rousseau
The copyright symbol is a digital watermark only; it does NOT appear on the actual artwork.
Acrylic paint and tape on 11” x 14” gashed canvas; signed
To view the full, uncropped artwork, right click and open image in new tab.
To state the blatantly obvious: The background story for these paintings is a work of fiction. These works were created solely by Bryant Rousseau for his employer, BR Art & Media Enterprises LLC, which owns and markets the art.