Frances Stark

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American | 1967

Frances Stark is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1967. Her work is currently being shown at multiple venues like LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Greengrassi have featured Frances Stark's work in the past.Frances Stark's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 73 USD to 20,320 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2006 the record price for this artist at auction is 20,320 USD for Love, Only Love (or American Woman, sold at Phillips New York in 2024. Frances Stark has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles in October 2025.

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Gnat ,1996

By Frances Stark

Imposing in the back of the border and incomparable as a cut flower, 2000 - Frances Stark

Imposing in the back of the border and incomparable as a cut flower, 2000 ,2000

By Frances Stark

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By Frances Stark

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Untitled ,2010

By Frances Stark

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"There is a fight in my work," she notes, but this is a struggle that profits both sides - Frances Stark

"There is a fight in my work," she notes, but this is a struggle that profits both sides ,2000

By Frances Stark

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Untitled (Mapplethorpe/ Hockney)

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Past Exhibitions

Yours Truly

Nahmad Contemporary

Upper East Side | New York | USA

10 Jul, 2024 - 14 Sep, 2024

Overserved

Miles McEnery Gallery (520 W 21st Str.)

Chelsea | New York | USA

16 May, 2024 - 03 Jul, 2024

Frances Stark: Serve the Dominant Ideology or Stop Being a Pussy

Gladstone Gallery, New York (24th Street)

Chelsea | New York | USA

22 Jun, 2023 - 29 Jul, 2023

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Articles

Artist Selects: Frances Stark, Periodic Love and Perpetual War at LACMA

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鈥� ..While arguably best known for her works on paper, where such issues are seen through the lens of writing, drawing and collage, her videos and performance pieces likewise comprise a forceful component in... 鈥�
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CAG Contemporary Art Gallery

鈥� ..Writing, used visually, has always been central to Stark鈥檚 art, and for a long time she was better known for her art criticism and creative writing than for her own work... 鈥�
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The Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow

鈥� ..Stark's artistic style is formed from the combination of text, word, writing and image, often taken from collected pictorial source material... 鈥�
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Portland Institute for Contemporary Art

鈥� ..Using transcripts of an on-line relationship between Stark and two random strangers, the video unfolds to build an intimate portrait of the artist and her creative process... 鈥�
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CAG Contemporary Art Gallery

鈥� ..It continues Stark's ongoing concerns with expectation and gender infused with notions of doubt, anxiety and musings on the general state of things... 鈥�
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CAG Contemporary Art Gallery

黑料不打烊

Frances Stark

At Auction

Notable Lots

Gnat ,1996

Imposing in the back of the border and incomparable as a cut flower, 2000 ,2000

untitled

Recent Auction Results

Untitled ,2010

"There is a fight in my work," she notes, but this is a struggle that profits both sides ,2000

Untitled (Mapplethorpe/ Hockney)

Past Exhibitions

Yours Truly

Overserved

Frances Stark: Serve the Dominant Ideology or Stop Being a Pussy

Articles

Artist Selects: Frances Stark, Periodic Love and Perpetual War at LACMA

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