About the artwork
Occupying only a quarter of the support's surface, Frank Stella plays with fullness and emptiness, horizontal and vertical lines. Using shades of gray, he creates an impression of movement, with lines that are nonetheless motionless. Here, the artist brings a notion of relief to his two-dimensional work, leading the viewer to reconsider the notion of flatness in art.
Expert opinion
Characteristic of the artist's 1970s period, this work is part of his search for relief and increasingly complex geometric forms.
About the artist
Born in 1936 in Malden, Massachusetts, Frank Stella first trained in art at Phillips Academy High School, then at Princeton University, where he discovered his passion for abstraction. He moved to New York in the late 1950s, when his first works, the rigorously styled "Black Paintings", caused a sensation (MoMA, New York, 1959). Seeking to liberate painting from all emotional symbolism, Stella adopted a minimalist approach that would have a lasting influence on contemporary art. His style evolved in the 1960s, introducing bright colors and complex geometric shapes; then, in the 1970s, he explored reliefs, adding sculptural elements to his works. His work can be found in major collections such as MoMA (New York), Tate Modern (London), the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), and the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.). He has also been the subject of retrospectives at MoMA (1970, 198) and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, 2018). In 2009, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
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