"I was worried in the '80s that the best abstract painting had become obsessed with materiality, and painterly gestures and materiality were up against the wall"
- Frank Stella
About this Quote
This quote by Frank Stella talks to the state of abstract painting in the 1980s. He was worried that the best abstract painting had ended up being too focused on the physical elements of the work, such as the products used and the painterly gestures. This focus on materiality was restricting the potential of abstract painting, and Stella felt that it was up versus a wall. He was fretted that abstract painting was not being pressed to its full potential, which it was becoming too concentrated on the physical aspects of the work. Stella's quote talks to the value of pressing the borders of abstract painting, and of exploring the capacity of the medium beyond the physical elements of the work.
This quote is written / told by Frank Stella somewhere between May 12, 1936 and today. He was a famous Artist from USA.
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