Imago Gallery showcases artist pair Nov 12, 2008
Pastorius compares Ron Reichard's style to that of Mondrian or Frank Stella. While some engineers may scoff their artistic abilities, Ron Reichard has happily embraced his creative side. (Florida Today)
Action-Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning and American Art, 19401976 Oct 22, 2008
Action/Abstraction features more than 50 key works that were carefully chosen from major institutions and collections throughout the U.S. and abroad, including major masterpieces by Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, as well as Helen Frankenthaler, Arshile Gorky, Philip Guston, Hans Hofmann, Jasper Johns, Lee Krasner, Norman Lewis, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, David Smith, Frank Stella and Clyfford Still. Viewed from the perspective of influential, rival art critics Clement Greenberg and... (AbsoluteArts.com)
* Pitchin Wu Sep 24, 2008
To his credit, Wu doesnt shy away from listing artists he admires: Mark Rothko, Frank Stella, Cy Twombly. All three now elderly or dead Americans, their works are famous for requiring time to appreciate. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Greer, S.C., is home to BMW museum Aug 12, 2008
The sleek setting also features colorful cars designed by artists Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Frank Stella; motorcycles; and unusual autos like the Isetta "Bubblecar.". Fueling up. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Jacques Kaplan, 83; absurdist furrier owned art gallery Jul 23, 2008
Frank Stella had painted black and yellow stripes on fur garments. Richard Anuszkiewicz had devised a bold geometric arrangement of white dots on a calfskin coat. (Boston Globe)
This Ain't No Formula One Jun 23, 2008
0 CSL race car painted by Frank Stella. We were instantly accepted. (San Francisco Chronicle)
FAA Announces New Measures to Improve Air Travel Experience May 2, 2008
The show will feature approximately 80 paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints by prominent American artists including Milton Avery, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Gilliam, Ellsworth Kelly, John Marin, Elizabeth Murray, Ed Paschke, Faith Ringgold, Edward Ruscha and Frank Stella. Reverberations, curated by Robert Cozzolino, Curator of Modern Art at the Pennsylvania Academy (128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia), opens on June 28 and will continue through September 21. (Saint Louis Front Page)
An Art Experience: Milwaukee Art Museums Sensory Overload exhibit takes the viewer back in time Apr 10, 2008
Others range from paintings by artists including Victor Vasarely and Frank Stella to selected images and films projected in black box theaters within the galleries. Together they create an exhibit designed to give visitors an extraordinary immersive experience. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Donation marks a collector's life Apr 4, 2008
Square-on an untitled piece by Frank Stella. Photo: Reuters. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Can You Paint a Stunning Masterpiece With House Paint? Mar 20, 2008
When Frank Stella Met Benjamin MooreThe art you can make with paint from a can. By Mia FinemanPosted Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at 1:38 PM ET. (Slate)
* Oasis of art planned in the land of glitter Mar 15, 2008
In a boisterous town legendary for shining the spotlight on Elvis, Frank Sinatra and Celine Dion, it's a safe bet that few could have envisioned these names as Strip attractions: Maya Lin, Henry Moore, Frank Stella, Jenny Holzer, Nancy Rubins. And more. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
On the Vegas Strip, wagering on the public arts Mar 15, 2008
The artist Maya Lin, with a study of her Colorado River project for CityCenter, the MGM Mirage complex being built in Las Vegas. (Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times). (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
* 'Chromophilia without the color' Mar 5, 2008
As Frank Stella famously quipped, "I tried to keep the paint as good as it was in the can.". The show is a rejoinder to the notion of color as the province of formalists, and to the idea that Minimal and Conceptual art comes only in shades of black, white and gray. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bill allowing art museum attracts critics to council work session Feb 28, 2008
Consisting mainly of post-World War II pieces, the collection includes master works by Jasper Johns, Frank Stella Ellsworth Kelly and Roy Liechtenstein, Donovan said. Meyerhoff has loaned 40 works of art to the National Gallery. (North County News, MD)
Supporters rally for quirky Buckhead library Feb 23, 2008
Carter last summer purchased a $1 million Frank Stella sculpture for his development. "The library could serve as a centerpiece in your new public art collection," Hamilton wrote. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Santa Clara University: de Saisset Museum Features Exhibition of 1960s Art From the Extraordinary Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Collection Jan 19, 2008
Eye on the Sixties includes paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints by artists such as Robert Arneson, Bruce Beasley, Fletcher Benton, Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, Ronald Davis, Richard Diebenkorn, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Philip Guston, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenberg, David Park, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Frank Stella, Wayne Thiebaud, and William T. Wiley. SCU students played an active role in the creation of the exhibition, contributing their own... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Color as field Dec 29, 2007
Greenberg included in his show the artists Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland, Morris Louis, Walter Darby Bannard, Jack Bush, Gene Davis, Friedel Dzubas, Sam Francis, Jules Olitski, Larry Poons and Frank Stella, all of whom were using broad areas of unmodulated color. He did not include Clyfford Still, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, Hans Hoffman, Adolph Gottlieb and Barnett Newman as Wilkin does in this exhibition organized by the American Federation of the Arts. (Durango Herald)
For Carl Andre, beauty is in the basics Nov 27, 2007
Before long, he moved into a fifth-floor, walk-up apartment with two young artists and met Frank Stella, a painter on the rise who offered him a part-time work space. "I was carving like Brancusi, my master," Andre says of Constantin Brancusi, a Romanian Modernist. (Los Angeles Times)
Making 'your home one with the landscape' Nov 6, 2007
At Sterling Ridge, in the entryway, a massive sculpture made by Frank Stella contrasts with the home's angles. In most homes, the media room feels like an enclosed box, with no windows and a dark decor. (AZCentral -- Home)
Smithsonian Given Castelli Records Oct 20, 2007
1925), Dan Flavin (1933-1996), Frank Stella (b. 1936), Richard Serra (b. (Suite101.com)
Edward Avedisian, 71, painter Aug 25, 2007
By the late 1950s he was living in New York, part of a generation of promising young painters that included Frank Stella, Larry Poons and Darby Bannard. From 1958 to 1963 Avedisian had six solo shows in New York galleries, including two at the Robert Elkon Gallery, where he continued to show almost every year until 1975. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Edward Avedisian, 71; abstract painter used vibrant colors Aug 24, 2007
By the late 1950s he was living in New York, part of a generation of promising young painters that included Frank Stella, Larry Poons, and Darby Bannard. From 1958 to 1963 Mr. Avedisian had six solo shows in New York galleries, including two at the Robert Elkon Gallery, where he continued to show almost every year until 1975. (Boston Globe)
Students 'deposit' their works of art Aug 23, 2007
The abstract paintings were created in the style of American artist Frank Stella, who was known for paintings that had a sculptural quality to them. In keeping with Stella's vision, the students used cardboard, Styrofoam and acrylic paint to make art with three-dimensional qualities. (Towson Times, MD)
First roof is bashed at Buckhead groundbreaking Aug 5, 2007
Workers install a sculpture by Frank Stella that was displayed at Friday's groundbreaking of the Ben Carter development called 'The Streets of Buckhead,' formerly known as the Buckhead Village ... Carter's first acquisition was on display at the groundbreaking: "K.3," Frank Stella's 12-foot tangle of colored metal tubing that cost $1 million. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Project will have world-class art Aug 3, 2007
Jason Tarant readies Frank Stella's sculpture 'K.3' for the groundbreaking of The Streets of Buckhead ... But the Atlanta native will show he's putting his money where his mouth is at today's groundbreaking ceremony, where he will unveil his first acquisition: "K.3" (2007), a $1 million wall sculpture by renowned artist Frank Stella ... "K.3," which explodes like a sprung watch into a colorful three-dimensional drawing of squiggles and geometric forms, exemplifies the hybrid habits chronicled in... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
CBS 2 At The Met: Frank On The Roof Jul 23, 2007
(CBS) NEW YORK The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Roof Garden is the right fit for three super-size structures created by Massachusetts native, Frank Stella ... Visitors should make sure to check out Frank Stella's other works in the Met's modern galleries ... Bozentka agreed, "Sure Frank Stella, I think whole the idea giant scale taking things positive and negative.". (CBS New York, NY)
All that's missing is the cocktail shaker Jul 19, 2007
And so it does at Frank Stella Clothiers, one of the rare men's boutiques to open here this season amid a flurry of stores for women. Nostalgia doesn't just rule at Frank Stella, it saunters ... The first Frank Stella store to open outside of Manhattan infuses pop sensibility with upper-crust luster, making it the kind of spot Stanley Donen and Wes Anderson might use as a set if they collaborate on a period film. (Boston Globe)
Glass House open for public tours Jun 26, 2007
The tomblike doorway dampens expectations before dramatically revealing vibrant works by longtime Johnson friend Frank Stella, an Andy Warhol print of Johnson and other notable pieces. The nearby Sculpture Gallery, built in 1970 and home to an eclectic collection of art forms and themes, was another favorite contemplation spot for Johnson and Whitney. (CNN -- Travel)
Serra's Critical Masses Jun 24, 2007
Three weeks ago today, the Museum of Modern Art in New York opened an impressive exhibition that samples Serra's work from the past 40 years, making him only the second living artist -- after Frank Stella -- to receive two survey shows at MOMA.. Nearly a decade ago, Los Angeles gave Serra his due. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Friends recall Glass House, now open to public Jun 14, 2007
Frank Stella, artist: I have no reason to believe that there were ever any challenges for Philip living in the Glass House. It was always other people who worried about how they might live there. (San Francisco Chronicle)
And it was all yellow Jun 8, 2007
In a way, Oiticica's paintings prefigured developments in American art during the 60s and 70s - one inescapably thinks of Frank Stella, Robert Mangold, Robert Ryman, Ellsworth Kelly, and numerous later practitioners of what came to be called "fundamental painting". Oiticica got there by a different route, taking on board the lessons of an earlier, utopian European modernism - Malevich. (Guardian Unlimited)
Natural History Museum show on dragons May 26, 2007
Secondary Navigation. By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press Writer Fri May 25, 7:09 PM ET. (Yahoo News)
Arts Scene: 05/24/07 May 25, 2007
Because of his rapport with artists, his portrait was painted by the likes of David Hockney, Alice Neel, Frank Stella and Andy Warhol, who also produced a 90-minute film of nothing more than Geldzahler smoking a cigar. This documentary includes oodles of historical footage and interviews with many of the art world's stars of the day. (Anchorage Daily News)
Finding the authentic voice (Suzanne Fields) May 7, 2007
Huge pieces of sculpture by Frank Stella have been lifted into place on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and welded into swooping architectural shapes juxtaposed against the New York skyline ... Frank Stella celebrates man's ability to build rather than destroy. (Washington Times, DC)
Finding an Authentic Voice May 7, 2007
Three huge pieces of sculpture by Frank Stella have been lifted to place on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and welded into swooping architectural shapes, juxtaposed against the New York skyline ... Three huge pieces of sculpture by Frank Stella have been lifted to place on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and welded into swooping architectural shapes, juxtaposed against the New York skyline. (Townhall.com)
Arts foundation honors quilters from ... May 7, 2007
I was praying for this day back when I was working in the cotton fields," said Loretta Pettaway, one of the four black patchwork quilting artists from Gee's Bend, Ala., honored at the annual dinner of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE). Mrs. Pettaway and her colleagues, Louisiana Bendolph, Mary Lee Bendolph and Loretta Bennett, were recognized as the newest members of a pantheon of American artists who have contributed their work for display in U.S. embassies, consulates... (Washington Times, DC)
- Jonathan Jones May 1, 2007
I once interviewed the painter Frank Stella and was shocked by how minor he considered British culture to be. He told me Moby-Dick was a far better novel than Bleak House. (Guardian Unlimited)
Sydney has cause to reflect on LeWitt Apr 25, 2007
LeWitt's man in Sydney was Harry Seidler who, being a respectable muralist, made a point of commissioning A-list artists: Le Corbusier, Victor Vasarely and Alexander Calder at Australia Square; Josef Albers and Charles Perry at the MLC Centre; Frank Stella at Grosvenor Place; Lin Utzon at the Capita Centre. LeWitt's contribution came with the 2003 Australia Square refurbishment: the panelled mural that replaced Corbusier's fading but still joyous tapestry with the high-chroma potato sticks now... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Picasso Is Among Few Big Sales at Art Cologne as Fair Fatigue Hits Dealers Apr 21, 2007
Munich's Galerie Terminus sold a Georg Baselitz work, ``Glastrinker'' (``Drinking From a Glass''), for 760,000 euros, and two Frank Stella reliefs for 780,000 euros and 225,000 euros, according to Art Cologne. Galerie Springmann sold Picasso's 1964 wax-crayon drawing ``Le peintre et son model'' (``The painter and his model'') for 180,000 euros. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
* Living the eternal idea Apr 12, 2007
He noticed the nascent works of Flavin and also absorbed early art by Jasper Johns and Frank Stella. Minimalism, a yet-unnamed movement, seemed like a fresh start. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Corcoran shows own Hirshhorns Mar 11, 2007
He clumps women's portraits by Alex Katz, Edward Hopper, Max Weber and Mr. Rivers (his "Olga" is one of the exhibit's standouts); places geometrized works by Richard Anuszkiewicz, Ellsworth Kelly and Frank Stella together; and groups fanciful Calders that include "Butterfly" (1966), "13 Leaves" (1967), "Jungle (Animals)" (1970), and "Mr. and Mrs. J.H.H." (1966), a hilarious "portrait" of the Hirshhorns as blacks whooping it up. Page 1 of 2. (Washington Times, DC)
* Modern art isn't modern forever Feb 15, 2007
Bridget Riley and Frank Stella both used ordinary house paints, Stella because they "had the nice dead kind of color" that he wanted, right out of the can. Over the last few years, in its labs perched high in the hills of Brentwood, the Getty has brought complex technology to bear on modern paints, building up a database of thousands of kinds of pigments, solvents, chemical binders and other substances. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Art: New paints challenge conservators Feb 15, 2007
Bridget Riley and Frank Stella used ordinary house paints, Stella because they "had the nice dead kind of color" that he wanted. But while conservators have inherited generations' worth of knowledge about oil paints, they know comparatively little about synthetics and how to protect the masterpieces created by using them, many of which are rapidly approaching the half-century mark. (International Herald Tribune)
First-glass accommodations: Tours of Johnson house start April 31; gala opening set in June Feb 12, 2007
The basic $25, 90-minute guided tour includes stops at the Glass House and several outbuildings, including Johnson's private painting gallery, which was built into the side of a hill and features canvases by Robert Rauschenberg, Julian Schnabel, Frank Stella and Andy Warhol. The tour includes his light-filled sculpture gallery, the aptly named Brick House and "da Monsta," a whimsical red building that was Johnson's last addition to the property. (Stamford Advocate)
San Diego's shock of the new Feb 11, 2007
Richard Gluckman of Gluckman Mayner Architects turned the rundown baggage hub into the Jacobs Building by cleaning and clarifying the existing interior, dividing it into three major galleries with the original windows bringing in daylight, plus a smaller, windowless space that at the inauguration held significant works by Barnett Newman (1905-1970), Clyfford Still (1904-1980), Frank Stella and other pieces. A fourth, nonpublic, space makes the Jacobs Building unique among American art museums: a... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Seeing a pattern Feb 3, 2007
Unlike Frank Stella, who said of his obdurately nonrepresentational paintings, What you see is what you see, contemporary abstractionists often try to fold into their works all kinds of non-visual meanings, references, and associations sociological, psychological, philosophical, religious, scientific, and otherwise. Too often, as in Big Bang. (Boston Globe)
Bard, art, fundraiser fill busy social ... (Ann Geracimos and Kevin Chaffee) Jan 26, 2007
You can see why President Clinton and many others have relied upon him," noted former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen. An equally varied though more formal gathering was taking place at the same hour in the National Gallery of Art for "Jasper Johns: An Allegory of Painting, 1955-1965," with the artist in attendance. Several hundred art-world luminaries at the exhibit's black-tie preview dinner were joined by the heads of local theaters and arts institutions at the behest of Target, its... (Washington Times, DC)
Whiff of the new as modern art museum expands in San Diego Jan 25, 2007
Andy Warhol's Liz Taylor Diptych, hangs near two paintings by Frank Stella at the newly expanded Museum of Modern Art at the downtown train station in San Diego on Monday. Associated Press. (North County Times)
BMW engages itself with the arts Jan 21, 2007
They were painted in 1976 (by Frank Stella), 1977 (by Roy Lichtenstein), 1979 (by Andy Warhol) and 1987 (by Ken Done). Frank Stella, born in 1936 in Malden, Massachusetts, was known for his skillful print-making, which is exhibited on BMW's 3. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
MCASD; A landmark arrival Jan 15, 2007
The museum has always had a considerable international reputation reaching back to the late 1960s and 1970s, when, under previous directors Thomas Tibbs and Sebastian Lefty Adler, it collected work by pivotal minimalist artists Frank Stella and Donald Judd, pop figures such as Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg and so-called new realists like Christo ... Modern American Masters looks back, with a lineup of iconic artists of the 1950s and 1960s, many represented by stellar paintings, in a show of... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Cars designed by artists like Andy Warhol to be exhibited in Singapore Jan 10, 2007
0 CSL was designed by Frank Stella in 1976 where he used graph paper patterns to accentuate each curve of the vehicle. "Warhol was very spontaneous. He acted on a whim. He spontaneously did things that shocked a lot of people. So in that sense, maybe it's not much of a surprise. Warhol liked to work with brand names, with objects we see everyday in our lives. So cars just fell into place. So, what he was doing was making that car, the object of our everyday use, into a piece of art," said Matin... (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
Putting Art On BMWs Jan 10, 2007
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