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Imperfection Concepts such as art and life should be mixed with one another because there is no reason for maintaining a separation between human work and the human being itself. The art of life is a form (creative energy sexual) Who said that? The most intriguing art is the one it talks about life which unravels different experiences, specifics, questions, and points of view.

When it comes to life, it is necessary to disbelieve the notion of a perfection to be attained (in order to respond to expectations of this sort the only form of art we could refer to is the cinema). Error is the hallmark of being Human and the block that we've all fallen at one time or another: impulsive judgement, impulsiveness, fear and anger, the constant desire for safety and control bad choices. Do you think you've not made any of these mistakes?

Open: new perspective from which to look When we fall, we injure ourselves more or less and are prone to judge the fall as a mistake, or to make that the error was a mistake because of the expectations we set of ourselves and other people. The injury is the actual point where we can discover the truth. From there, we can no longer rely on the illusion of perfect (which should be the case if it shouldn't be hurting) and take a look at what's damaged: we examine it and then look at our own self-image.

Fontana cut her hair with the consciousness the possibility of opening up, breaking or or tearing since destruction is often the strongest creative act, frank-kusk.federatedjournals.com particularly in a society where, from an early time, we are ensconced in a strong, impregnating model of belief and values. It's no accident that Fontana stated in 1963 in an interview Nerio Minuzzo that:

„The critiques always been a slam on me, however, I never thought about it. I went ahead anyway and never accepted anyone's salute. In the past, they called me 'the one with the holes' with a little pity. Today, I realize that my cuts and holes have created a taste that is accepted, and they even have practical uses. In bars and theatres they have ceilings made of holes. Because today, you see that even people on the street understand the latest forms. The artists are the ones, unfortunately, who understand more '.

When Fontana refers to streetspeople, he is evoking the imagery of imperfection, where the form of the hole is like any other where the transformation of life can be seen. He's not scared of dust nor the brutality of his creative work: he throws tar on a plaster sculpture of a man , and names it „Black Man“.

The cut is transformed into the conquest of space, in the form of an overthrow of painting and sculpture, through a new form of space which combines them: the break with verticality to create the possibility of crossing.

The palpitation that occurs, both inhaling and exhaling of the canvas is reminiscent from afar, in a more intellectual and bourgeois way of the work Gina Pane would later do on her skin: the gesture remains the eternal protagonist in that context where art is destined to be destroyed; the wound and the cut are border, path and exchange. The artist herself opens the canvas in two and proclaims the canvas's finiteness. the holes transform into black holes that provide an illusion of depth. They also reveal the infinite that we will never understand.

Wait: new things we do not yet know Fontana described the cuts as 'Waits', the gaps from which new and different things arise which we do not know.

When we make mistakes, and hurt or injure the other, we have a waiting time before the reaction. First the shock of the error and the failure to be overcome, and then finding out the best way to go to compensate or avoid it and then waiting for the consequences of that fracture or error, which could actually be a new and great resource. Or not.

A few people have understood (and are able to comprehend) this philosophy , as they are constantly assessing what reality and the human condition ought to be, and how they should be compared to the two-dimensional nature of the canvas. We fight with all our might the right methods, the correct method of presenting and being in the world, so that we turn to norms that ultimately define the concept of normativity.

There is nothing more absurd than this. Convinced that we know everything, we apply our yardstick to every organism and ecosystem in the world, but in reality we see the world from a narrow and biased perspective that is not in line with reality. Anthropocentrism, but also personal interpretations of other theories that are almost never the most accurate.

Accept that there is no absolute perfection. The same is true of our society, which demands to be better every chance they get, without considering that maybe, instead of increasing standards, we need to learn to be more accepting of the world the way it is. Do we accept pain? Do we accept death? Accept body parts? Do we accept diversity? The most important thing is, after accepting, do we respect our differences?

In most cases do we choose to ignore what does not coincide with the „perfect“ of our very own planet or the universe. This causes us to be shocked, angry, disgusted, pushed away, swept under the carpet and then we show the very imperfection that we really are, but we refuse to accept it.

Understanding one's own limitations is important and so is understanding the interconnectedness of everything in the world system: either we are ALL placed in a position to give our best, or there's no competition or effort worthwhile to be put into it, unless for the goal of creating inequality. It's all very well and good to know that some who have put in a lot of work have succeeded at it, like those who have been lucky. However, when you look at it in the larger context, always stretching the boundaries a little further it's a perfection' in an 'imperfect situation; not a „perfection“ in an absolute sense.

Could this ever exist?

Cut Let the truth come out It is possible to say that Fontana attempted to do so, since from the very beginning Fontana rejected the simple paths of success, preferring to try out the untested and the unknowable, that means he decided to leave the idea of being the only one and following the path of research that led him to uncover some facts.

For me, and my personal opinion, Fontana is the one who cuts the veil and lets the light through, even if there are black sails that obscure in the background. An artist of spatial art and one of the forerunners of that art understood not just as a piece of work, but as a gesture, as a gesture, around, and as a consequence of action on the space, as the activation of a narrative, and this is the way it is practised today.

For me, his cuts are a great example of this, opening up new perspectives for art as well as new perspectives on the world , and new questions. The wound, for this, is not just pain, the wound is a symbol of the idea of mortality, shortness, uncertainty and fragility. The wound makes us think, makes us question the way we think, and this is essential to ensure that we remain on the ground. As difficult as it is to endure and as hard as, in a perfect narrative of life, it would be great (and just) to gain knowledge only through positive reinforcements, as long that we as a nation do not want to be a part of each other's suffering as much than our own, we're stuck in the unsolved, and to live in an insanity.

So let's enjoy the cinema and its happy endings, its beauty and perfection that is taken for granted and which we misunderstand and take as a model for life, because the visual arts contrary to what they appear, are the daughters of suffering. Every artist who wishes to speak the truth, has had to traverse the pain.