Agbatana II | Frank Stella | 1968
Agbatana II | Frank Stella | 1968
As a teenager, Frank Stella realized that he wasn’t interested in the painting that represented things or people. Influenced by the work of the abstract expressionist Jasper Johns, the artist wanted his paintings to be, themselves, an object; and not just a representation of something else.
In the beginning, the artist worked paintings that were monochromatic, in strict black and white, alternating straight stripes in uniform tones. His minimalistic art, when he included curves and colors, became more deconstructed and, in a way, became more pop, but not less abstract and rational. Agbatana II clearly reflects this period. 4 geometric figures in the foreground are linked by circular color stripes at the background of the composition. This linkage between different elements does not surprise us if we know that the work “agbatana” means, literally in Greek, “place of gathering”.
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