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Mark Rothko. Interiority at Work.
ROTHKO Christopher.

Mark Rothko. Interiority at Work.

Hazan
€29,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 28478
Format 15.5 X 23.5
Détails 301 p., color and black and white illustrations, paperback.
Publication Paris, 2023
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782754113281
From the 1950s to the present day, Mark Rothko (1903-1970) remains one of the major figures of abstraction in the United States and around the world. His instantly recognizable paintings from the 1950s and 1960s—and the prestigious commissions he received, such as the one for the Houston Chapel—testify to the power and emotional reach of a body of work of rare intellectual and formal rigor. This book brings together more than a dozen essays written over the past few decades by Christopher Rothko, psychologist and son of the artist. Drawing on his intimate knowledge of the work and his instinctive understanding of the man his father was, the author articulates, in sensitive, powerful, and humorous texts, the different periods and the evolution of the means—colors, formats, contexts, etc.—that Mark Rothko used in his ceaseless quest to share with the viewer. In doing so, the author frees the work from erroneous interpretations and preconceptions that harm the understanding of the painter, whose primary ambition was to transmit his intimate experience of the human condition.
From the 1950s to the present day, Mark Rothko (1903-1970) remains one of the major figures of abstraction in the United States and around the world. His instantly recognizable paintings from the 1950s and 1960s—and the prestigious commissions he received, such as the one for the Houston Chapel—testify to the power and emotional reach of a body of work of rare intellectual and formal rigor. This book brings together more than a dozen essays written over the past few decades by Christopher Rothko, psychologist and son of the artist. Drawing on his intimate knowledge of the work and his instinctive understanding of the man his father was, the author articulates, in sensitive, powerful, and humorous texts, the different periods and the evolution of the means—colors, formats, contexts, etc.—that Mark Rothko used in his ceaseless quest to share with the viewer. In doing so, the author frees the work from erroneous interpretations and preconceptions that harm the understanding of the painter, whose primary ambition was to transmit his intimate experience of the human condition.