Frank Stella / Attica Defense Fund
STELLA Frank (Malden, Massacchusetts 1936),
USA, 1975, 73,7×73,7 cm, illustrated back and white poster depicting black concentric squares with the title repeated on all four sides, designed by Frank Stella, edition of 3.000 copies.
STELLA Frank (Malden, Massacchusetts 1936),
USA, 1975, 73,7×73,7 cm, illustrated back and white poster depicting black concentric squares with the title repeated on all four sides, designed by Frank Stella, edition of 3.000 copies.
STELLA Frank (Malden, Massacchusetts 1936),
USA, 1975, 73,7×73,7 cm, illustrated back and white poster depicting black concentric squares with the title repeated on all four sides, designed by Frank Stella, edition of 3.000 copies.
“This historic limited edition poster was created by Frank Stella as a show of soli- darity and to raise funds for the Attica Defense Fund, which was created to aid the inmates charged during the 1971 riots. Fans of popular culture recognize the word “ATTICA” - made famous by Al Pacino in the 1975 movie “Dog Day Afternoon” when his character, Sonny, a bank robber, invokes the famous prison riots and sub- sequent murder trials by taking to the streets and shouting, like a mantra “Attica, Attica, Attica...” The Attica Prison uprising, also known as the Attica Prison rebellion or Attica Prison riot, occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, United States, in 1971. Based upon prisoners’ demands for better living conditions and political rights, the uprising was one of the most well-known and significant uprisings of the Prisoners’ Rights Movement. As a result of the Attica uprisings, 43 people died, and in 1975 an Attica Defense Fund was created to help pay the legal fees for many of those involved. Frank Stella’s “Attica” was his contribution to the cause”.
