Frank Stella
BOESKY MARIANNE
507 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011
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Art Basel
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March 24 > 27, 2021
On the occasion of Art Basel's Pioneers Online Viewing Room and Frank Stella's retrospective at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Marianne Boesky Gallery presents a selection of recent and historic work by Frank Stella. The works on view will highlight Stella’s groundbreaking use of computer modelling and 3D printing in his artistic practice from the early 1990s to the current day. Exhibiting a selection of work from the Imaginary Places series as well as recent sculptural works, the presentation identifies Stella as a vital force in pioneering the merge of art and technology.
Frank Stella began working with computer modelling software long before it was widely used in the realm of fine art. Around 1990, when 3D rendering programs as we know them today were just starting to emerge, Stella began rigorously investigating how to identify and visualize the ephemeral image of the smoke ring with the use of such technologies. By blowing smoke rings into an enclosure fitted with stopaction cameras, the artist was able to index the smoke rings and digitally render them using a 3-D computer imaging program. The results provided new possibilities for digital manipulation and fed Stella's ongoing investigation of the working space of painting. Early examples of Stella’s undulating, digitally-rendered smoke-rings can be seen in the three Imaginary Places works included in this presentation. Each displays a distinct baroque exuberance, characteristic of the artist’s work throughout that period.
Today, Stella continues to innovate and defy expectations, utilizing advanced technologies in his work. In the early 2000s, Stella began to experiment with the possibilities of 3-D printing. At a time when the development of this technology was adolescent and functioning in only very specialized fields, Stella brought it into the realm of contemporary art and into the civilian sphere. The artist has continued to adapt and engage with these technologies to this day. The selection of recent sculptures on view are the culmination of Stella’s multilayered processes involving scanning, digital manipulation, and Rapid Prototyping. The spiraled, latticed and smoke-ring motifs so present in Stella’s earlier two-dimensional works re-emerge here in plastic form.
Frank Stella's Stars, A Survey is on view at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut through May 9, 2021. Under the spotlight for the first time, this exhibition surveys Stella’s use of the star through twenty-five works that orbit the Museum, ranging from two-dimensional works of the 1960s to its most recent incarnation in sculptures, wall reliefs, and painted objects from the 2010s.
Frank Stella began working with computer modelling software long before it was widely used in the realm of fine art. Around 1990, when 3D rendering programs as we know them today were just starting to emerge, Stella began rigorously investigating how to identify and visualize the ephemeral image of the smoke ring with the use of such technologies. By blowing smoke rings into an enclosure fitted with stopaction cameras, the artist was able to index the smoke rings and digitally render them using a 3-D computer imaging program. The results provided new possibilities for digital manipulation and fed Stella's ongoing investigation of the working space of painting. Early examples of Stella’s undulating, digitally-rendered smoke-rings can be seen in the three Imaginary Places works included in this presentation. Each displays a distinct baroque exuberance, characteristic of the artist’s work throughout that period.
Today, Stella continues to innovate and defy expectations, utilizing advanced technologies in his work. In the early 2000s, Stella began to experiment with the possibilities of 3-D printing. At a time when the development of this technology was adolescent and functioning in only very specialized fields, Stella brought it into the realm of contemporary art and into the civilian sphere. The artist has continued to adapt and engage with these technologies to this day. The selection of recent sculptures on view are the culmination of Stella’s multilayered processes involving scanning, digital manipulation, and Rapid Prototyping. The spiraled, latticed and smoke-ring motifs so present in Stella’s earlier two-dimensional works re-emerge here in plastic form.
Frank Stella's Stars, A Survey is on view at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut through May 9, 2021. Under the spotlight for the first time, this exhibition surveys Stella’s use of the star through twenty-five works that orbit the Museum, ranging from two-dimensional works of the 1960s to its most recent incarnation in sculptures, wall reliefs, and painted objects from the 2010s.
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