Introduction to Frank Stella: A Retrospective

Mark Joshua Epstein: My name is Mark Joshua Epstein. I’m an educator at the Whitney Museum and I’m here with some fifth grade students to take a look at the Frank Stella retrospective today.

Shumit: Hi. My name’s Shumit.

Isabella: Hi. My name is Isabella.

Natalya: Hi. I’m Natalya.

Uma: Hi, my name is Uma. And we’re all in the fifth grade at PS 33 Chelsea Prep.

Mark Joshua Epstein: The Frank Stella retrospective covers about sixty years of Stella’s career. It’s over ninety works of art, and it gives us sort of an in-depth look at a bunch of different series that he’s done over the decades.