Remembering Frank Stella

[rsporsche]

Thinking of Stella and what he left for BMW art cars - @BMW Pete 's M1 and the CSL

 

[BMW Pete]

Yes, sad day Scott, his work was truly iconic and I love that these two cars really spoke of his transition from two dimension work, to his later period which was all three dimensional.

 

[Redrumm3]

Interesting article in Hagerty today.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/...2002c1f62c01ac5e02507d56bd2527980e2b003f370d0

 

[adawil2002]

Fortunately Frank Stella's Minimalist "Maximalist 'more is more'" Paintings & Sculptures have received countless accolades & awards from prestigious museums, art dealers & collectors all through his career. So many great artists only revered posthumously, Frank was revered, respected & celebrated for his work while he was able to appreciate al of it.

 

[Arde]

I have a childhood friend that knew Frank when he lived in Soho in his twenties. My friend is also a prolific painter and I tried to convince him to do his own BMW Art car. I even offered my VW Cabrio to try his design on... Artists are stubborn, he prefers canvas...like so: