Frank Stella

Frank Stella

Frank Stella is abstractionâ€™s greatest living champion--the artist who, more than any other, has merged abstract painting with sculpture and architecture, pursuing the implications of his â€œwhat you see is what you seeâ€ stance. A forceful clarity of purpose and vision has characterized his art and his career from the start: he dominated the New York art scene of the late 1950s with his Black Paintings composed of stripes, which famously helped pave the way for Minimalism, and which were exhibited in The Museum of Modern Art, New Yorkâ€™s milestone exhibition Sixteen Americans, alongside Johns and Rauschenberg. In 1970 Stella became the youngest artist to receive a show at The Museum of Modern Art, by which time he had already blazed his way through several stylistic evolutions. To the surprise of many, the passionate race-car driver did not follow the seemingly inevitable route towards Minimalism, and instead followed a path that led him to ever more opulent and baroque reliefs. With this idiosyncratic turn â€œfrom Minimalist to Maximalist,â€ Stella developed into one of the boldest artists of the twentieth century.
On the occasion of Stellaâ€™s comprehensive retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, this massive survey celebrates the many lives of Frank Stella. It includes classic examples of each of his many periods, such as the Black Paintings, Irregular Polygons, the Protractor paintings, the Circuits series, the metal reliefs and floor sculptures of the past two decades and an â€œArchiSkulpturâ€ conceived by the artist exclusively for the exhibition. With more than 660 color reproductions, this volume is as ambitious and spectacular as its subject.
Frank Stella was born in 1936, to first-generation Sicilians, and grew up in a suburb of Boston. In 1954 he entered Princeton University, where he took a night class in painting and drawing. His first solo exhibition was at the Leo Castelli Gallery in 1960.

Country	USA
Artist	Frank Stella
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9783775734073
Edition	First English Language Edition
Feature	Multifaceted overview of Frank Stella's artistic development
ISBN	3775734074
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	Hatje Cantz
Manufacturer	Hatje Cantz
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	311
PublicationDate	2012-12-31
Publisher	Hatje Cantz
Studio	Hatje Cantz
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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