Lot 613 D

Abraham M. Hammacher on Fausto Melotti: ''In this border area of extremely reduced means - which are nonetheless very receptive to light that almost has its very own function - it seems he was the only person who succeeded in reaching the limit of the audible with the means of the visible. This also explains the weightlessness of his work. Since it is without volume and mass (apart from the spheres), everything takes place within a linear limited framework in which the relation between the signs of his spatial alphabet determines the core of the work. On this basis numerous variations of a theme can be invented. Rows of smaller or larger dimensions are created, which are placed one above the other or in a continuous space. As a sculptor, he is an architect of airy structures.' (Abraham M. Hammacher, in: Fausto Melotti, exhib.cat. Marlborough Galerie Zurich/Rome/Vienna 1973, n.pag.)