frank stella la scienza della pigrizia (the science of laziness), 1984, oil paint, enamel paint, , alkyd paint on canvas, etched magnesium, aluminum , fiberglass, national gallery of art, washington dc stella s memantra, 2005, metropolitan museum of art from mid-1980s mid-1990s, stella created large body of work responded in general way herman melville’s moby-dick. during time, increasingly deep relief of stella’s paintings gave way full three-dimensionality, sculptural forms derived cones, pillars, french curves, waves, , decorative architectural elements. create these works, artist used collages or maquettes enlarged , re-created aids of assistants, industrial metal cutters, , digital technologies. la scienza della pigrizia (the science of laziness), 1984, example of stella s transition two-dimensionality three-dimensionality. fabricated oil paint, enamel paint, , alkyd paint on canvas, etched magnesium, aluminum , fiberglass. in 1990s, stella began making free-standing sculpture pub...