About The Work
Frank Stella's "Sinjerli Variations" are arguably the most iconic and sought-after prints from his oeuvre. They demonstrate many of Stella's best formal characteristics and technical innovations.
Stella created this series of works that combined lithography and screenprinting, basing the colors and compositions on paintings from his famed "Protractor Series" created between 1967-71. Works from this era are immediately recognizable for their circular forms created by two protractors, each composed of interlocking and overlapping bands of color.
In the "Sinjerli" prints, similar to most of his early prints, Stella places his composition towards the lower left part of the paper. Interestingly this the last time he uses this signature positioning.
As for the production complexity, these prints also seem to appear as if they were created with marker or pencil-crayon. This illusion was realized by 4 printing runs using aluminum plates sectioned into 27 elements.
The "Sinjerli" works are notable as Stella combines both complimentary and discordant colors together. The works invite the viewer to inspect how colors are stacked and how such combinations are mirrored or challenged in the opposite protractor.
Frank Stella (b. 1936) is one of our favorite 20th-century artists- he disrupted Abstract Expressionism and ushered in a new era of painting that led to Minimalism, hard-edge abstraction, Op Art, and even Conceptual art. He is also one of America's most accomplished, and somewhat under-appreciated, printmakers.
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About Frank Stella
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Minimalist masterpieces without a maximalist price tag
- Interviews & Features: INTERVIEW: Frank Stella on Creating Contact Points in Space and on Surfaces
- Interviews & Features: Q&A: Frank Stella on Why (and How) His Pieces Since the '90s Are Anything But Minimalist
- Art 101: The 10 Essays That Changed Art Criticism Forever
- Art 101: "Art Is Not About Skill": Benjamin Buchloh Interviews Lawrence Weiner On His Sensual Approach to Conceptual Art
Lithograph and screenprint on Arches Cover paper
32.00 x 42.00 in
81.3 x 106.7 cm
Signed, numbered and dated 1977 by the artist
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About The Work
Frank Stella's "Sinjerli Variations" are arguably the most iconic and sought-after prints from his oeuvre. They demonstrate many of Stella's best formal characteristics and technical innovations.
Stella created this series of works that combined lithography and screenprinting, basing the colors and compositions on paintings from his famed "Protractor Series" created between 1967-71. Works from this era are immediately recognizable for their circular forms created by two protractors, each composed of interlocking and overlapping bands of color.
In the "Sinjerli" prints, similar to most of his early prints, Stella places his composition towards the lower left part of the paper. Interestingly this the last time he uses this signature positioning.
As for the production complexity, these prints also seem to appear as if they were created with marker or pencil-crayon. This illusion was realized by 4 printing runs using aluminum plates sectioned into 27 elements.
The "Sinjerli" works are notable as Stella combines both complimentary and discordant colors together. The works invite the viewer to inspect how colors are stacked and how such combinations are mirrored or challenged in the opposite protractor.
Frank Stella (b. 1936) is one of our favorite 20th-century artists- he disrupted Abstract Expressionism and ushered in a new era of painting that led to Minimalism, hard-edge abstraction, Op Art, and even Conceptual art. He is also one of America's most accomplished, and somewhat under-appreciated, printmakers.
Courtesy of Caviar20
About Frank Stella
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Minimalist masterpieces without a maximalist price tag
- Interviews & Features: INTERVIEW: Frank Stella on Creating Contact Points in Space and on Surfaces
- Interviews & Features: Q&A: Frank Stella on Why (and How) His Pieces Since the '90s Are Anything But Minimalist
- Art 101: The 10 Essays That Changed Art Criticism Forever
- Art 101: "Art Is Not About Skill": Benjamin Buchloh Interviews Lawrence Weiner On His Sensual Approach to Conceptual Art
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