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Major Reviewers Rave About Guberman's "Stella"
San Francisco Chronicle: "Guberman's affable style and his fund of New York art world reminiscences and gossip make the book fascinating to anyone interested in the hurly-burly of 20th century American art." Kenneth Baker, January 28, 1966

The Atlanta Journal/Constitution: " This book is much more about the making of the art than the making of the life, although the main events of the latter are recounted quite interestingly..... Few artist biographies have told us this much about the process behind what the casual viewer notices--literally behind it.....Guberman captures something of Stella's restless spirit in his telling of the tale." Jerry Cullum, February 11, 1996

New York Times Book Review: "He (Mr. Guberman) is at his best when he addresses the art directly, as in his explanations of the relatively complicated working techniques that Mr. Stella used to make his irregular frames and surfaces or serious sculptural depth." Ted Loos, May 5, 1996 ... Read more

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Frank Stella is regarded as one of the most important living American artists to have succeeded the Abstract Expressionists of the 1950s. In his early years he established himself as a painter of powerful minimalist canvases, using simple geometric patterns as images. But in the early 1970s, he began what might be called the "maximalist," or inclusive, phase of his art. This work posed new kinds of questions: how much could he subsume from the plastic arts of sculpture and architecture and still be making paintings? And how many of the lapsed conventions of painting itself--in the realms of configuration, spatial structure, and even narrative form--could be redeployed in an art that still remained wholly abstract? ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Artforum International, published by Artforum International Magazine, Inc. on February 1, 2005. The length of the article is 624 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Frank Stella: Jacobson Howard.(Critical Essay)
Author: Donald Kuspit
Publication: Artforum International (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2005
Publisher: Artforum International Magazine, Inc.
Volume: 43Issue: 6Page: 174(2)

Article Type: Critical Essay

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This digital document is an article from Arts & Activities, published by Publishers' Development Corporation on February 1, 2004. The length of the article is 925 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Classroom use.
Author: Guy Hubbard
Publication: Arts & Activities (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2004
Publisher: Publishers' Development Corporation
Volume: 135Issue: 1Page: 25(1)

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This digital document is an article from World Literature Today, published by University of Oklahoma on September 22, 1995. The length of the article is 5261 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Heinemann Book of African Women's Poetry.
Author: Charlotte H. Bruner
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1995
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: v69Issue: n4Page: p848(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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This collection of Frank Stella's lectures and talks, selected by the artist himself, reflects his "artistic theory of form." Like Paul Klee, Stella's thoughts on form and style begin with systematic study of line, color, and tonality. Required reading for any student of Minimalism.
Edited by Franz-Joachim Verspohl. Essay by Frank Stella.

8.25 x 11.75 in.
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Spectacular 20th Century Collection
Shows the works of the 5 prominent American Artist of the late 20th century ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Arts & Activities, published by Publishers' Development Corporation on February 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1005 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Clip & save art notes.
Publication: Arts & Activities (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2004
Publisher: Publishers' Development Corporation
Volume: 135Issue: 1Page: 26(3)

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This digital document is an article from Leviathan, published by Melville Society on March 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1430 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Frank Stella's Moby-Dick: Words and Shapes.(Book Review)
Author: Robert K. Wallace
Publication: Leviathan (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2003
Publisher: Melville Society
Volume: 5Issue: 1Page: 87(4)

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Great Novel + Great Artist = Good Book with Lessons for All
Moby Dick and Frank Stella are both American classics.And in this book the author provides a thorough, informative and stimulating analysis of the Frank Stella "Moby Dick" series wherein Stella produced at least one interpretive art piece for every chapter of Herman Melville's classic novel.This is probably the most insightful description I have read for how a modern, abstract artist goes about putting his pieces together, what the artist is thinking, what the artist is attempting to communicate and how those thoughts are reflected in the abstract lines, shapes, colors and symbols.I have to admit that at times I didn't get all of the points that the author was making however this is to be expected when providing analysis of an abstract artist's interpretation of a challenging novel like Moby Dick.All in all, a must read for lovers of great fiction and/or modern art. ... Read more