Geometric Abstraction

Beginning in the early 20th century following the leaps and bounds made by Cubist and Futurist movements in the field of abstraction, Geometric Abstractionists made non-figurative compositions using pure mathematical forms. In the '60s, artists like Frank Stella, Josef Albers, and Ellsworth Kelly continued to use hard-edged geometry as the basis of their work—in stark contrast to the action-based paintings the Abstract Expressionists. Read a Q&A with Stella about his series since the ‘90s, and collect his work—along with his fellow Geometric Abstractionists—right here on Artspace.