The Village Voice, May 4th, 2005
FRANK STELLA
Paul Kasmin Gallery
293 Tenth Avenue
Through May 14
The new black: Brute elegance on an industrial scale
When 23-year-old Frank Stella burst onto the scene in 1959, the flinty minimalism of his black stripe paintings was like a shiv plunged into abstract expressionism's colorful, passionate heart. These were paintings supposedly devoid of content or emotion: "What you see is what you see," he declared. Still, such titles as Die Fahne Hoch (Raise the Banner High ], cribbed from the Nazis' "Horst Wessel Song," gave the lie to a strictly formal agenda. His later garishly polychr...
HighBeam Research, Free Preview: 'FRANK STELLA'... Full Membership required for unlimited access. Free 7-day trial.
Subscribers: HighBeam content is only available to HighBeam subscribers. Click the link above for more information.
