Antonio Cane is an Italian artist associated with mid-twentieth-century movements of concrete, kinetic, and programmed art. His work uses geometric modules, repeated units, and chromatic sequences to create surfaces that behave like visual algorithms.
Often working with painted panels or relief-like constructions, Cane organizes form through serial variation: colors shift incrementally, angles repeat at measured intervals, and structures unfold according to mathematical or combinatorial rules.
His pieces emphasize perception as an active process. Small changes in alignment or spacing cause optical vibration, making surfaces appear to move or pulse. This places his work in conversation with global tendencies of systematic abstraction and perceptual experimentation.
While less widely known than some contemporaries, Cane contributed to exhibitions and publications advancing a rational, research-driven approach to abstraction in Italy.
Cane’s practice demonstrates how modest means—simple units, clear sequences—can generate complex perceptual structures.
Antonio Cane is an Italian artist known for geometric and systematically organized works associated with concrete and programmed art. His practice uses modular form and chromatic sequences to explore perception and serial variation.
Antonio Cane is an Italian artist associated with concrete and programmed art, using modular geometry and chromatic sequences to create perceptually active, systematically organized compositions.
