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shmreduplication · 1 day
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my only issue with the Rothko On Paper exhibit is the curators did not talk about paper
like the fact that these Rothkos are On Paper is significant enough to be included in the title. A lot of the plaques mentioned that Rothko thought very highly of his works On Paper (he would gift them to friends and display them in his own house, and made some commissioned pieces on paper too)
there definitely is an idear in museamy art that paper=practice=not as important and on the one hand it pisses me right off due to papercraft being my primary medium (i'm a generalist but if I had to pick just one I'd go with paper) but on the other hand I get it because paper is cheaper than canvas and Museams Are Full Of Canvasses From The Old Masters. See also: the Cezanne Drawing exhibit at the NYC MoMA in 2021, a lot of those were legit sketchbook/practice/unfinished pieces unlike the Rothko On Paper pieces which were all (except for four) finished pieces
I legitimately don't think this is from my bias as a papercraft or science person, I do think this is an oversight on the curators that they didn't talk about the paper. The plaques would say wove paper water color paper or just like not mention the type of paper. The paints were tempura or oil or water color or ink and all of those sit on top or soak into different kinds of paper in different ways
idk I just think that the material that the art is on is part of the art, it's more than just a holder for the art. and I think that's especially true for Rothko's technique of diluting and layering paints. There's a clear disconnect that the works being on paper is important enough to be part of the title of the exhibit but not important enough to be talked about within the exhibit.
the selection of the pieces was great, the order that the pieces were presented in was great, the quotes from Rothko and his personal history that was included on the plaques were great but like why even call it Rothko On Paper if you're only going to talk only about Rothko and nothing about paper. Like ok he thought there was no hierarchy between paper and canvas but WHY? what are the differences between paper and canvas?
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dailyrothko · 2 days
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First in my series of 100 responses to the MykIdcOUldDotHat! argument is that if you think the merit of art is based on difficulty of execution, you probably have bigger problems than abstract expressionism.
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rearte2 · 3 days
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by Mark Rothko, 1953
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birt-art · 2 months
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I am entirely obsessed with this person's hand designed/knitted Rothko inspired sweater. I'm going to be thinking about this for days
The artist's instagram is here!
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nobrashfestivity · 29 days
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MIKE KELLEY (1954–2012) More Tragic! More Plangent! . . . More Purple! 1985
Photographs of Rothko paintings from a book
Sotheby's six Ektacolor prints, flush- mounted on museum board, printed 1996 each signed, dated and numbered '4⁄5' in pencil (flush mount, verso); each credited, titled, dated and numbered on affixed Sir Elton John Photography collection and gallery labels (frame backing boards) each image approximately.: 26 5⁄8 x 20 (67.6 x 50.8 cm.) each sheet/flush mount: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.9 cm.) (4)This work is number four from an edition of five.
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chotzooi · 1 year
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Nobody in the Glass Onion tag is talking about the fact that the Rothko painting on the wall is UPSIDE DOWN.
Truly shows that Miles Bron is just a rich dumb twat
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woundgallery · 29 days
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Mark Rothko, Sketch for the Harvard Murals, 1961
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sleevebuscemii · 3 months
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some of my fav rothkos from the dc exhibit + a quote
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weltandschaung · 2 months
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Free Rothko; found on oak street art on X
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Mark Rothko; Blue & Gray, 1962
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lilacsinthedooryard · 6 months
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Mark Rothko (1903-1970)
Pink,Purple,Blue 1961
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topcat77 · 2 months
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Mark Rothko
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garadinervi · 6 months
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Mark Rothko, No. 7, (mixed media on canvas), 1964 [National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko / ARS, New York]
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dailyrothko · 6 hours
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Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1969
Acrylic on watercolor paper mounted on linen Watermar-kTHSaunders Mount Linen Dimensions39 x 25 3/4 in. (99.1 x 65.4 cm) Estate/Inventory Number1168.68 CollectionHarvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift in memory of Nicholas Gagarin, '70, 1972.8. © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko
I took about 5 pictures of this over my visits to the paintings on paper show. The Harvard scan is bright green and neon blue, which seems really off to me, but again Rothko goes wildly different under varying lighting conditions. One I shared to today on the mailing list is almost black and this one you can see green in it. I vastly prefer this low light take to the Harvard scan, but, and this is no slight to Harvard's curatorial dept., you could never sell any calendars with this kind of shot. It's not punchy enough. But a lot of you, like myself, gravitate towards the moody ones, and this is, at least, a different look to consider.
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abstrakshun · 7 months
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Mark Rothko (American, 1903 - 1970)
Untitled  - 1969
@ NGA - National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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Mark Rothko (Rothko Chapel)
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nobrashfestivity · 5 months
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Mark Rothko, Untitled (Black and Gray), 1969
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