Christian Stein was the preferred location for Fabro to present his latest works on a regular basis.
Fabro was born in Turin, so this was a natural choice , and he moved to Udine, in the Friuli region after his father’s death. He was influenced by artists such as Yves Klein, and Lucio Fontana; he was also close to the artists involved in Azimut, such as Piero Manzoni and Enrico Castellani. In 1958, after he saw Lucio Fontana’s work at Venice Biennale, Fabro moved to Milan where he spent the rest of his life pursuing his artistic career.
Fabro was involved in the Arte Povera group, which was interested in experimenting with industrial and natural materials, focusing on process, language and the body. Fabro’s best known works were sculptural reliefs of Italy made out of glass, steel, bronze, gold and even soft leather. The signature unorthodox, ‘poor’ materials in his works include steel tubes, cloth, newspapers, and wax;[3] the artist, however, often used also traditional and expensive art materials such as gold, marble, and bronze.[4]
He died on 22 June 2007 in Milan following a heart attack.
The Stein location presented some wonderful works and together with these exhibitions some great art related material was produced. Here is the invitation for the 1988 exhibition which is now for sale at http://www.ftn-books.com. A fold out card with prints on both sides.
