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one of my favorite painters, but mostly for his pre-1990s work. my new question is about his new work, however. he's around 70 years old. how does he make his giant combine paintings? is he actually finding, arranging, and securing the objects, or does he just direct assistants from a chair like rauschenberg? or does he just give his final approval to the works like dale chihuly?

― lfam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:55 (nineteen years ago)

also, if you know of a good "i love art" type message board with a lot of traffic please link

― lfam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:56 (nineteen years ago)

Segseg, 2004
http://www.artnet.com/artwork_images_1100_216753_frank-stella.jpg

― lfam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:58 (nineteen years ago)

To Prince Eduard von Lichnowsky, Berlin, October 23, 1810
1999
http://www.artnet.com/artwork_images_423795144_255633_frank-stella.jpg

― lfam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 00:59 (nineteen years ago)

adjoeman, 2004
http://www.artnet.com/artwork_images_587_155347_frank-stella.jpg

― lfam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

Enter Ahab: to him, Stubb (IRS-2, 1.875X)
1988
http://www.artnet.com/artwork_images_1112_98701_frank-stella.jpg

― lfam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:02 (nineteen years ago)

The Pequod meets the Bachelor (B-11, 2X)
1988
http://www.artnet.com/artwork_images_1112_98705_frank-stella.jpg

― lfam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:03 (nineteen years ago)

hmm, the post-millenial stuff may not be considered paintings anymore, but it's hard for me to call because he insists that his 1980s/1990s are paintings.

― lfam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 01:04 (nineteen years ago)

classic: 1st one, 2nd one and 3rd one
dud: the other two

my take. also, i'd sort of assume that he is a bit more hands on than a rauschenberg or lewitt, but not totally in it in it, mostly because of the nature of his newer work. probably depends on project.

― the table is the table, Thursday, 26 April 2007 03:09 (nineteen years ago)

he completely lost his shit, ca 1976, didnt he.

― pinkmoose, Thursday, 26 April 2007 03:19 (nineteen years ago)

who didn't?

― the table is the table, Thursday, 26 April 2007 03:43 (nineteen years ago)

someo of his stuff in the 1980s was good, but it was just retreading old territory.

― lfam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 03:44 (nineteen years ago)

Enter Ahab and Pequod meets the Batchelor are great i think. very matisse!

― lfam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 03:45 (nineteen years ago)

it's almost like he is learning how to see all over again using the visual language he destroyed in the 1950s

― lfam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 03:46 (nineteen years ago)

i bet those gray and black things look much better in person

― lfam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 03:47 (nineteen years ago)

yeah. those last two just strike me as a little bit rough in a way i don't particularly care for. it is ridiculous, tho, because i haven't seen them up-close. probably would change my mind then.

― the table is the table, Thursday, 26 April 2007 03:56 (nineteen years ago)

there is something painfully naive about the way he scribbles onto those, like on the bottom of Enter Ahab. when i first saw them in high school it really put me off. now, i'm indifferent.

― lfam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 03:59 (nineteen years ago)

it's also interesting to compare them to cy twombly's scribblings, which by their repetition somehow lose their naive qualities and become formal and modern, even cold, and certainly not childlike.

― lfam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 04:04 (nineteen years ago)

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