Thursday, May 5, 2011

Spirituality #2

Mark Rothko, born Marcus Rothkowitz (September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), was a Russian-born American painter. He is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter". ~Wiki


My experience with Rothko is that the giant paintings he creates dealing with color field. I understand that the viewer is supposed to sit in front of the painting in a meditative state, allowing the feeling of the color to permeate personal emotion.

Rothko creates a spiritual environment through his subtle use of color.





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