La Fine di Nettuno

Spatial Concept ‘Waiting,’ Lucio Fontana (1960)
     So I was looking at artwork from Lucio Fontana, as one does, when I came across this series of paintings called La Fine di Dio (The End of God.) Lucio Fontana's whole deal is that he pierces holes into the canvases that he works on. "My greatest discovery is the hole," he says. That is a direct quote, I'm being serious. Some of his works consist almost only of pierced canvases. There's the quintessential "Waiting" which is a canvas that has been slashed one time, with a black fabric behind it, giving it the appearance of being a void.


    He has some higher concept works too, La Fine di Dio being one of them. The canvases are more uniquely shaped, being sort of egg-like instead of rectangles. The colors are bold, and the size and arrangement of the pierced holes seem more deliberate, as if to create a pattern. They were made in 1964.

    Now, my more serious interpretation of the work is that it's about Jesus' crucifixion. What with the name and being pierced and everything. Maybe it's an egg due to his miraculous conception, or something. That all came afterwards, though, that wasn't my first thought when I saw them. See, I took one look at these and I thought...


    ...is that fucking SpongeBob and Patrick? The one on the left is yellow and porous, it might as well be absorbent too. It's big and yellow and covered in holes of different sizes, so basically SpongeBob. But Patrick is even more surprising. You see, not only is it pink, but the holes are arranged to create the same pattern as Patrick's shorts!

    Now, am I saying that this was intentional? Yes. Lucio Fontana was an oracle who foresaw the coming of SpongeBob. Or maybe Stephen Hillenburg was really into spatialism.

An example of Spatulaist art
   








     If you're more of a Squidward type of person, don't worry, Fontana has got you covered too:



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  1. LillyJanuary 27, 2026 at 5:21 PM

    MY GREATEST DISCOVERY IS THE HOLE!!!!! really good stuff

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