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Copyright the artist | | | Stella, Frank (1936 - ) USA
Hagamatana II, 1967
Polymer and flourescent polymer paint on canvas; 305.4 x 458 x 7.5 cm Minimalism
UID 102-554
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Biography
American abstract painter, born in Malden, Massachusetts. Began to paint abstract pictures while at Phillips Academy, Andover. Studied history at Princeton University 1954-58. Moved to New York in 1958, where a series of black paintings with lighter parallel lines was made followed in 1960 by an aluminium series, his first shaped canvases. First one-man exhibition at the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, 1960, and started painting shaped canvases in 1961, using a great variety of forms and patterns, both regular and irregular. A friend of Andre and Judd, had considerable influence on the development of Minimal sculpture. His later work has included paintings with cut-out shapes in relief of irregular curves. In 1961 First exhibition in Europe, Galerie Lawrence, Paris, 1964, 1970 and 1994, Biennale di Venezia, 1970, and 1987 retrospectives, MoMA, 1985, ICA, London, 1995, retrospective, Reina Sofia, Madrid. Lives in New York.
Exhibitions
Here and Now: On Minimal Art in The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 18-10-2003 ~ 22-02-2004
Grande Escala - Colecção Berardo Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal 09-10-2004 ~ 18-03-2005
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Face - a - Face Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 02-10-2001 ~ 30-04-2001
Berardo Museum Opening Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 09-09-2007
De Miró à Warhol. La Collection Berardo à Paris Musée du Luxembourg, France 16-10-2008 ~ 22-02-2009
Arriscar o Real Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 08-06-2009 ~ 30-09-2009
Bibliography
Here and Now: On Minimal Art in The Berardo Collection, 2003 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972990300X
Frank Stella, 1968 Published by Washington Gallery of Modern Art
Grande Escala - The Berardo Collection, 2004 Published by Centro das Artes - Casa das Mudas ISBN 972890200X
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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