Obituary of Frank Stella
In February 2015, a pair of enormous stars, one made of polished aluminum and the other of unvarnished teak, appeared in the courtyard of the Royal Academy in London. These belonged to the American artist and honorary academic Frank Stella, who has died at the age of 87.
For all their differences, the two stars were part of a single work called, with deadpan literalness, Inflated Star and Wooden Star. Given their size - each 7 meters long in all directions - it seemed unlikely that these had anything to hide. In 1966, during a search for the mystical atmosphere ...