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Frank Stella's stars : a survey : September 21, 2020 to May 9, 2021 / Frank Stella ; [curated by] Richard Klein, Amy Smith-Stewart.
Fine Arts Library N6537.S72 A4 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stella, Frank.
- Stars in art.
- United States.
- Stella, Frank--Exhibitions.
- Stars in art--Exhibitions.
- Minimal art--United States--Exhibitions.
- Minimal art.
- Art, American--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Art, American.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 199 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ridgefield, CT : Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum ; New York, NY : Gregory R. Miller & Co., [2020]
- Summary:
- As a painter, sculptor and printmaker, Frank Stella (born 1936) has always paid great attention to geometric lines and patterns in his work, creating pieces that are arrestingly kaleidoscopic in both their form and content with bold lines and shaped canvases. This catalog, published for his 2020 exhibition at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, focuses in particular on the enduring use of star shapes in Stella's oeuvre.'Stella's depictions of stars range from the minimalism of his early career, with lithograph prints of brightly colored polygonal patterns, to the maximalism of his more recent work seen in his towering angular sculptures made from stainless steel. Although he is well aware that his last name is the Latin word for star, Stella maintains that his fixation on the shape is inspired by its form and the endless possibilities that accompany the star, rather than its etymology. Both instantly recognizable and infinitely abstract, stars seem like an obvious choice for an artist who has dedicated his life to experimenting with form. Exhibition: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, USA (21.09.2020-09.05.2021).
- Contents:
- Foreword / Cybele Maylone
- All the stars, an intro / Amy Smith-Stewart
- Stella's star system / Richard Klein
- Plates
- Installation views
- Inside the studio
- About the artist / Caitlin Monachino
- List of works.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1941366295
- 9781941366295
- OCLC:
- 1232147909
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