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Frank Stella : a retrospective / Michael Auping ; with essays by Jordan Kantor and Adam D. Weinberg, and an interview with Frank Stella by Laura Owens.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven : New York : Fort Worth : Yale University Press ; Whitney Museum of American Art ; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: xi, 238 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300215441
  • 0300215444
Other title:
  • Retrospective
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Foreword / Marla Price and Adam D. Weinberg -- The end depends upon the beginning / Adam D. Weinberg -- The phenomenology of Frank: "Materiality and Gesture Make Space" / Michael Auping -- Frank Painting: Some aspects of Stella's work / Jordan Kantor -- Plates -- The Pratt Lecture / Frank Stella -- Laura Owens in conversation with Frank Stella -- Chronology with selected bibliography and exhibitions / Leslie Murrell -- Exhibition checklist.
Summary: Showcasing works from all of his major series, the book surveys the full sweep of Stella's career, from his artistic beginnings in high school and college to today. The plates section comprises more than 100 works, including paintings, sculptures, reliefs, and works on paper. Notable inclusions are his seminal Black Paintings, recent high-relief aluminum works, and a selection of drawings, maquettes, and digital renderings--many of which are reproduced here for the first time--that offer fresh insight into Stella's thinking and process. Essays discuss topics such as the artist's early years at Phillips Academy in Andover and Princeton University, and his late-career architectural pieces created with the aid of computer software. An interview with Stella conducted by American painter Laura Owens allows Stella to illuminate his artistic practice in his own words. Additional resources include a chronology with extensive bibliographic and exhibition references.
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Oversize 709.2 S824 Available 33111008352128
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A comprehensive look at the breadth and depth of the work of one of America's most influential abstract artists



This landmark catalogue presents a retrospective study of Frank Stella (b. 1936), one of the most important figures in 20th-century American art. Showcasing works from all of his major series, the book surveys the full sweep of Stella's career, from his artistic beginnings in high school and college to today.



The book's spectacular plate section comprises more than 100 works, including paintings, sculptures, reliefs, and works on paper. Notable inclusions are his seminal Black Paintings , recent high-relief aluminum works, and a selection of drawings, maquettes, and digital renderings--many of which are reproduced here for the first time--that offer fresh insight into Stella's thinking and process. Essays discuss topics such as the artist's early years at Phillips Academy in Andover and Princeton University, and his late-career architectural pieces created with the aid of computer software. An interview with Stella conducted by American painter Laura Owens allows Stella to illuminate his artistic practice in his own words. Additional resources include a chronology with extensive bibliographic and exhibition references. This definitive publication is the most thorough examination to date of Stella's astounding contributions in all media, which cement his role as one of the most important practitioners of modern abstraction.



Published in association with the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth



Exhibition Schedule:

Whitney Museum of American Art
(10/30/15-03/07/16)

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
(04/17/16-09/04/16)

De Young Museum, San Francisco
(11/05/16-02/26/17)

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Oct. 30, 2015-Mar. 7, 2016; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Apr. 17-Sept. 4, 2016; and the de Young, San Francisco, Nov. 5, 2016-Feb. 26, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Marla Price and Adam D. Weinberg -- The end depends upon the beginning / Adam D. Weinberg -- The phenomenology of Frank: "Materiality and Gesture Make Space" / Michael Auping -- Frank Painting: Some aspects of Stella's work / Jordan Kantor -- Plates -- The Pratt Lecture / Frank Stella -- Laura Owens in conversation with Frank Stella -- Chronology with selected bibliography and exhibitions / Leslie Murrell -- Exhibition checklist.

Showcasing works from all of his major series, the book surveys the full sweep of Stella's career, from his artistic beginnings in high school and college to today. The plates section comprises more than 100 works, including paintings, sculptures, reliefs, and works on paper. Notable inclusions are his seminal Black Paintings, recent high-relief aluminum works, and a selection of drawings, maquettes, and digital renderings--many of which are reproduced here for the first time--that offer fresh insight into Stella's thinking and process. Essays discuss topics such as the artist's early years at Phillips Academy in Andover and Princeton University, and his late-career architectural pieces created with the aid of computer software. An interview with Stella conducted by American painter Laura Owens allows Stella to illuminate his artistic practice in his own words. Additional resources include a chronology with extensive bibliographic and exhibition references.

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