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Frank Stella Polar Coordinates

Polar Co-ordinates VIII, from Polar Co-ordinates for Ronnie Peterson
Polar Co-ordinates VIII, from Polar Co-ordinates for Ronnie Peterson

Polar Co-ordinates VIII, from Polar Co-ordinates for Ronnie Peterson

By Frank Stella

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Frank Stella Polar Co-ordinates VIII, from Polar Co-ordinates for Ronnie Peterson, 1980 is a print that is from the Polar Coordinates for Ronnie Peterson series.

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Polar Coordinates VII (Axsom 125)
Polar Coordinates VII (Axsom 125)

Polar Coordinates VII (Axsom 125)

By Frank Stella

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Polar Coordinates VII (Axsom 125) lithograph and screen-printed on 320-gram Arches Cover Paper and published by Petersburg Press, NY. by acclaimed American artist, Frank Stella (b. ...

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1980s Abstract Prints

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Paper, Screen

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Polar Coordinates VII
Polar Coordinates VII

Polar Coordinates VII

By Frank Stella

Located in Miami, FL

TECHNICAL INFORMATION Frank Stella Polar Coordinates VII 1980 Mixed media - lithograph and screenprint in colors with hand-coloring in tempera, acrylic metallic paint, gouache and ...

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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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POLAR COORDINATES IV
POLAR COORDINATES IV

POLAR COORDINATES IV

By Frank Stella

Located in Aventura, FL

Offset lithograph & screenprint in colors on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Edition of 100. Additional images available upon request. Certificate of authenticity incl...

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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Paper, Color, Lithograph, Screen

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Frank Stella was one of the central figures in postwar American art. A proponent of minimalism and non-representational abstraction, Stella was a painter, printmaker and sculptor.

A native of Massachusetts, Stella attended Phillips Academy in Andover and earned a BA from Princeton, where he studied art and color theory with Josef Albers and Hans Hofmann. Stella frequented New York galleries as a student and was intrigued by the work of Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline, both of whom were at the height of their creative powers in the late 1950s.

After moving to New York in 1958, Stella gravitated toward the geometric abstraction and restrained painting style of Barnett Newman and Jasper Johns.

Johns’s flat, graphic images of common objects such as targets and flags prompt viewers to question the essential nature of representation and whether these pictures are really paintings or simply new iterations of the items themselves. Stella pushed Johns’s reasoning further, considering paintings on canvas as objects in their own right, like sculptures, rather than representations. This led him to reject certain formal conventions, eschewing sketches and often using nontraditional materials, like house paint.

In 1959, Stella created his “Black Paintings,” series, in which bands of black paint are separated by thin, precise stripes of bare canvas. At a time when contemporary painting was all about wild gestures, thick paint and formal abandon, these pieces created a sensation. That same year, Stella's work was included in the exhibition "Sixteen Americans" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and he joined the roster of artists represented by Leo Castelli Gallery. In 1960, he began introducing color into his work and using unconventionally shaped canvases to complement his compositions.

In his “Eccentric Polygon” series, from 1965 and ‘66, Stella embraces asymmetry and bold color, creating forms delineated by painted fields and by the edges of the canvas. This series was followed by the 1967–70 “Protractor” series, characterized by colorful circles and arcs. Named after the ancient cities whose circular plans Stella had noticed while traveling in the Middle East during the 1960s, these works usually comprised several canvases set flush against one another so that the geometric figures in each section came together in a larger, more complex whole.

Also in the mid-1960s, Stella started exploring printmaking, initially working with Kenneth Tyler, of Gemini G.E.L., and later installing printing equipment in his own studio. In 1968, he created the “V” series of lithographs, which included the print Quathlamba I. Following a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1970, Stella began working in three dimensions, adding relief elements to paintings, which could almost be considered wall-mounted sculptures.

Stella’s 1970–73 “Polish Village” series was inspired by documentary photos and architectural drawings of Polish synagogues that had been destroyed by Nazis during World War II. The resulting works — composed primarily of paint and cloth on plywood — are more rugged and less polished than his previous series.

Herman Melville's Moby Dick was Stella's muse for a series of three- dimensional works he created in the 1980s in which waveforms, architectural elements and Platonic solids play a prominent role. During this period, Stella embraced a new, exuberant style that is exemplified in "La Scienza della Fiacca."

In 1997, the artist oversaw the creation of the Stella Project, a 5,000-square-foot work inside the Moores Opera House at the University of Houston. A large free-standing sculpture by Stella stands outside the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Stella’s work is in the collections of numerous important museums around the world, including New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Menil Collection, in Houston; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in Washington, D.C.; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Obama in 2009, and was given the Lifetime Achievement Award in Contemporary Sculpture by the International Sculpture Center in 2011.

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Unlike figurative paintings and other figurative art, which focuses on realism and representational perspectives, abstract art concentrates on visual interpretation. An artist may use a single color or simple geometric forms to create a world of depth. Printmaking has a rich history of abstraction. Through materials like stone, metal, wood and wax, an image can be transferred from one surface to another.

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    Frank Stella is important because he was one of the central figures in postwar American art and influenced later artists as a proponent of minimalism and non-representational abstraction. Stella felt that paintings on canvas were objects in their own right, like sculptures. This led him to reject certain formal conventions, eschewing sketches and often using nontraditional materials, like house paint. His approach to art impacted the work of Clement Greenberg, Carl Andre, Kenneth Noland and many others. Find a collection of Frank Stella art on 1stDibs.