Rothko

One of my favorite artists is Mark Rothko. I saw a link to the Museum of Modern Art. It took just a search and a couple clicks to find these multi-media links.

I love Rothko because when you look at one of these paintings, it is like the visual equivalent of reader response literary theory. For as you look at it, you become a companion to the picture and help it perform and function.



Here is a clip with commentary for Rothko's son discussing how his father worked to create these amazing paintings. From looking at them on line, on TV, and in books, one doesn't realize how massive these really are. But as his son reveals, Rothko used to stand on latters to paint these.

Amazing.



Here is what might be my all-time favorite Rothko work.