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Frank Stella: Unbound: Literature and Printmaking

Frank Stella: Unbound: Literature and Printmaking
Library Shelf Location 18.STEL
Publication Date 2018
Description

Focusing on the vital role of literature in the development of the artistic practice of Frank Stella (b. 1936), this insightful book looks at four transformative series of prints made between 1984 and 1999. Each of these series is named after a literary work—the Had Gadya (a playful song traditionally sung at the end of the Passover Seder), Italian Folktales, compiled by Italo Calvino, Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, and The Dictionary of Imaginary Places by Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi. This investigation offers a critical new perspective on Stella: an examination of his interdisciplinary process, literary approach, and interest in the lessons of art history as crucial factors for his artistic development as a printmaker. Mitra Abbaspour, Calvin Brown, and Erica Cooke examine how Stella’s dynamic engagement with literature paralleled the artist’s experimentation with unconventional printmaking techniques and engendered new ways of representing spatial depth to unleash the narrative potential of abstract forms.

ISBN 9780300236996
Quantity 1
Pages 112 pages: 279 x 248mm
Authors Mitra Abbaspour, Calvin Brown, Erica Cooke
Format Hardback
Publisher Yale University Press
Related Artist Frank Stella
Categories Artist (relating to a single artist/collaborative team), Printmaking
Keyword Literature
Language English

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