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Die Fahne Hoch! (Frank Stella)
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The use of basic geometric systems in Die Fahne Hoch! is regarded by many as the precursor of Minimalism
. The painting was made by marking equal subdivisions along the sides, bottom and top edges of the canvas and using these intervals to generate simple, symmetrical patterns comprising bands of black enamel paint separated by thin lines of unpainted canvas.
Frank Stella
gave this black painting a provocative title. Die Fahne Hoch! is named after the anthem of the Nazi Party, the Horst Wessel Lied, and is one of several paintings in the series that make direct reference to Nazism
. By applying a hotly emotive title to the image, Stella's ironic purpose was that of destabilizing the idea of meaning itself.
Minimalism
Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts...
. The painting was made by marking equal subdivisions along the sides, bottom and top edges of the canvas and using these intervals to generate simple, symmetrical patterns comprising bands of black enamel paint separated by thin lines of unpainted canvas.
Frank Stella
Frank Stella
Frank Stella is an American painter and printmaker, significant within the art movements of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction.-Biography:...
gave this black painting a provocative title. Die Fahne Hoch! is named after the anthem of the Nazi Party, the Horst Wessel Lied, and is one of several paintings in the series that make direct reference to Nazism
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
. By applying a hotly emotive title to the image, Stella's ironic purpose was that of destabilizing the idea of meaning itself.