Chyrow II 1972

Frank Stella’s “Chyrow II” (1972) is an example of his "shaped canvases" series, where he abandoned traditional rectangular formats for geometric forms. The painting features a composition of vibrant colors, including blue, green, orange, and brown, arranged in a dynamic and asymmetrical manner. This hard-edge, geometric abstraction exemplifies the artist’s focus on the physicality of the canvas and its interaction with the viewer. The bold, graphic elements and the minimalist aesthetic are characteristic of Stella’s style, which emerged in the 1960s and became a defining feature of Minimalism.