1980s and afterward Frank Stella
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 public spaces , developing architectural projects. in 1993, example, created entire decorative scheme toronto’s princess of wales theatre, includes 10,000-square-foot mural. 1993 proposal kunsthalle , garden in dresden did not come fruition. in 1997, painted , oversaw installation of 5,000-square-foot stella project serves centerpiece of theater , lobby of moores opera house located @ rebecca , john j. moores school of music on campus of university of houston, in houston, tx. aluminum bandshell, inspired folding hat brazil, built in downtown miami in 2001; monumental stella sculpture installed outside national gallery of art in washington, d.c.
stella s wall-hung scarlatti k series triggered harpsichord sonatas of domenico scarlatti , writings of u.s. 20th-century harpsichord virtuoso , musicologist ralph kirkpatrick, made sonatas known. (the title s k refers kirkpatrick s chronology numbers.) scarlatti wrote more 500 keyboard sonatas; stella s series today includes 150 works.
from 1978 2005, stella owned van tassell , kearney horse auction mart building in manhattan s east village , used studio. 30-year stewardship of building resulted in facade being cleaned , restored. after six-year campaign greenwich village society historic preservation, in 2012 historic building designated new york city landmark. after 2005, stella split time between west village apartment , newburgh, new york studio.
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