Frank Stella is widely known for his paintings of the 1950s and 60s, which are considered forerunners to the Minimalist art movement. For the 86-year-old artist, this is a natural process of showcasing his more complex 3D paintings and sculptures created through computers.
These NFTs are part of the inauguration of a new Web3 platform by The Artist Rights Society, titled Arsnl. It will launch this September 9th with a series of NFTs created by Frank Stella.
The Artist Rights Society or ARS is an organization that helps artists with copyright and licensing their intellectual property. With NFTs being a digital asset, understanding how the technology can be leveraged to support artists financially and ensure that the market is trustworthy, ARS has taken the initiative to advocate for artists’ resale rights and much more.
What makes NFTs interesting is their benefits. Upon resale, the royalty payments will automatically be sent to the artist, creating a system for artists to resale their works to earn a living.
ARS and Stella began collaborating on a series titled “Geometries.” The 22 resulting NFTs are sleek, gray 3D objects which include some of recent Stella designs. The Geometries XXI (2022) NFT is modeled after Stella’s Fat 12 Point Carbon Fiber Star (2016), a spheroid sculpture with 12 points. Each NFT in the series will be sold for $1,000 on the Arsnl site.
The NFTs are offered in editions of 100, and the exciting surprise is the 3D printing instructions that only holders of the NFT have the right to use. This will allow them to infinitely reproduce the works and have the chance to make your Stella.
“It’s an affordable and flexible way to own a Stella. If you want to spend $100 printing a small one for your desk or $100,000 printing it large for your lawn, you can do that,” said Katarina Feder, Arnsl’s founder, and ARS’s vice president.