father of minimalism

Question: How by looking at it can you declare it art?

Frank Stella: It's what anybody can do. If you want to look at art you can find it.

syncopation

Frank Stella [born 1936], Hyena Stomp, 1962

"The title Hyena Stomp comes from a track by the American jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton. Stella was thinking about syncopation while working on the painting."
- From the Tate Modern display caption, September 2004