{"product_id":"frank-stella-james-pearson-9781861717511","title":"Frank Stella: American Abstract Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003eFRANK STELLA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTIST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy James Pearson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e A study of the American abstract artist Frank Stella (b. 1936), surveying his career from the famous \u003cem\u003eBlack Paintings\u003c\/em\u003e of the late 1950s up to the present day. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Frank Stella has become become among America's premier contemporary artists. Unlike many modern artists, Stella has always worked in abstraction. His art is irrepressible, daring, hugely enjoyable, and refreshingly angst-free. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e This book begins with the celebrated \u003cem\u003eBlack Paintings\u003c\/em\u003e of 1959, moves on through the Minimalist \u003cem\u003eCopper\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAluminium\u003c\/em\u003e paintings of the early Sixties, to the exuberant \u003cem\u003eProtractor\u003c\/em\u003e series, the expansion into three dimensions in the 1970s, and closing with the 3-dimensional \u003cem\u003ePolish Village, Exotic Birds\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBrazilian\u003c\/em\u003e 'maximalist' works of the 1980s and 1990s. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Employing the most up-to-date art criticism of Frank Stella, James Pearson also looks at Stella's contemporaries: Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Morris Louis, Robert Ryman, Brice Marden, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman among others. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Includes new illustrations, and quotes from the artist.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e EXTRACT FROM CHAPTER 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e There does not seem to be much going on in some of Frank Stella's 1960s Minimal paintings. But there is, in fact, a lot going on. Stella limits himself to a narrow set of rules. Like Brice Marden, Barnett Newman, Morris Louis and Mark Rothko, Stella sets himself to explore a few configurations of painting. But these things - the shape of the canvas, internal organization of the stripes, colour of the bands - offer up endless permutations. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Frank Stella's paintings are lean, but leanness does not necessarily mean unfeelingness. This is the problem that monochrome painting creates, and Minimal art in general. Certainly Stella is intense: his \u003cem\u003eBlack Stripe Paintings\u003c\/em\u003e, his \u003cem\u003eProtractor \u003c\/em\u003eseries, his copper paintings, his \u003cem\u003eIndia Birds\u003c\/em\u003e, are intense works of art. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Stella exhibitions of the late 1980s and early 1990s were affairs, in which one was impressed by a sense of colour and light, a spaciousness to the works, and a huge scale, so that each work dominated the gallery rooms. Stella is in no way a quiet, unobtrusive artist: his paintings are domineering, self-confident, assured of their own effects. Stella has always been an artist who knows what he's doing. His paintings do not lurk in gallery corners, shyly. His paintings announce themselves instantly and powerfully. Stella's June-July 1985 show at the ICA in London was typical: massive multi-media works were squeezed into the ubiquitous sparse white rooms, completely taking over the sedate spaces. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e REVISED AND UPDATED, WITH NEW ILLUSTRATIONS. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFully illustrated, with a revised text. Bibliography and notes. ISBN 9781861717511. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlso available in hardback. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewww.crmoon.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Pearson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1861717512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781861717511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crescent Moon Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.32d","brand":"James Pearson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46199136780543,"sku":"9781861717511","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c7f17d5c-f2e9-4b14-8358-f6247fac8b18.jpg?v=1727925149","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/frank-stella-james-pearson-9781861717511","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}