Having recently seen a number of Rothko's works up close at personal at the Tate. I now "get" him, and have to agree. You cannot (I could not) appreciate Rothko from reading about him, seeing his work reproduced in art books, or viewing reproductions of his work. However once I was actually *there* with them I was stunned. I sat down and didn't move for a good fifteen minutes. I was shocked at my reaction frankly.
-- Charles On 4/24/07, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That was SUCH a good description of Rothko's work Danese. Deepa. On 4/24/07, Danese Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $46 million is a ridiculous amount of money for a painting (any > painting) but I'd hardly characterize a Rothko as "stripes" of > color. The depth and texture Rothko's methods achieved are much more > compelling than can be communicated by a reductionist description (or > even a print or photo of the painting). You really have to see them > in person, and see them up close and properly hung to get the whole > effect. They are calming, soothing and sometimes deeply moving. > They are interesting to experience from different perspectives; > because most are quite large, you can surround your field of vision > with color standing close and then stepping away the separation of > different color fields resolves in your eye. Such a simple thing > (paint on canvas) but carried off so beautifully. Impossible to > cheaply copy (because of the surface texture and something about the > layering of color that achieves the end result). You can actually > see that it took some time to make each one. Again as architect > Christopher Alexander coined the term, which Bill Joy later taught to > me, there is a quality with no name that is deeply pleasing and that > makes you sigh when you recognize it. Rothko was channeling that > quality in paint and canvas, IMHO. > > Danese > > On Apr 24, 2007, at 1:32 AM, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote: > > > stripes of red, black, white and purple - how much is it [1] worth? > > > > apparently at least $46 million [2], guaranteed by sotheby's to david > > rockefeller who's selling it. > > > > -rishab > > > > 1. http://economist.com/images/columns/2007w16/Rothko.jpg > > 2. > > http://economist.com/daily/columns/artview/displaystory.cfm? > > story_id=9061031 > > > > > > >
