
Rothko
Citadelles & Mazenod (Publisher)
Published on 17. October 2023
Book
Hardback
316 pages
978-2-85088-950-9 (ISBN)
Description
"An expansive retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, in Paris, shows why the visionary artist continues to turn heads." - W Magazine
This illustrated catalogue is published to accompany the retrospective exhibition devoted to American artist Mark Rothko, curated by Suzanne Page and the artist's son, Christopher Rothko. The show will feature over one hundred works. Born Markus Rothkowitz in Latvia in the early 20th century, the man who would soon become known as Mark Rothko began painting in the 1930s. While his early works were influenced by mythology and Surrealism, his first abstract paintings emerged in the 1940s with the Multiform series, followed by his Classic Years and the Black and Gray paintings. A key figure on the New York art scene, Rothko was an uncategorisable artist who deployed an extensive palette of colour and light with a talent that consistently triggers emotion. His great sensitivity shaped a poetic, enigmatic universe that leaves no one untouched.
Text in English and French.
This illustrated catalogue is published to accompany the retrospective exhibition devoted to American artist Mark Rothko, curated by Suzanne Page and the artist's son, Christopher Rothko. The show will feature over one hundred works. Born Markus Rothkowitz in Latvia in the early 20th century, the man who would soon become known as Mark Rothko began painting in the 1930s. While his early works were influenced by mythology and Surrealism, his first abstract paintings emerged in the 1940s with the Multiform series, followed by his Classic Years and the Black and Gray paintings. A key figure on the New York art scene, Rothko was an uncategorisable artist who deployed an extensive palette of colour and light with a talent that consistently triggers emotion. His great sensitivity shaped a poetic, enigmatic universe that leaves no one untouched.
Text in English and French.
Reviews / Votes
"An expansive retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, in Paris, shows why the visionary artist continues to turn heads." - W MagazineMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
France
Illustrations
220 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 315 mm
Width: 298 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
2402 gr
ISBN-13
978-2-85088-950-9 (9782850889509)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
An internationally renowned art historian, Suzanne Page is currently artistic director of the Fondation Louis Vuitton. Formerly the director of the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, she curated the previous French retrospective of Rothko's work, back in 1999.
Content
Foreword, Bernard Arnault, Fondation Louis Vuitton President
Preface, Suzanne Page
Not Nothing, Christopher Rothko
"It Lives and Breathes": Depicting Human Drama, Riccardo Venturi
Catalogue of exhibited works
Rothko before Rothko: Early Works, Ludovic Delalande
A Saffron-Hued Robe: Mythology and Surrealism, Francois MichaudRothko's Multiforms, Harry Cooper
Mark Rothko's Classic Paintings: Theaters of the Mind, Nancy Spector
Weights and Measures, Jeffrey Weiss
From the Experience of Uprooting to Aesthetic Subversion; a Pioneer who Renewed the Language of Painting, Annie Cohen-Solal
Biography, Claudia Buizza
The Seagram Murals, Magdalena Gemra
The Rothko Room in the Phillips Collection, Cordelia de Brosses
The Rothko Chapel: Painting the Night, Cordelia de Brosses
Rothko, Giacometti, and the UNESCO Commission, Claudia Buizza
<< En resonance >>
Comments collected by Hans-Ulrich Obrist
List of exhibited works
Bibliography
Preface, Suzanne Page
Not Nothing, Christopher Rothko
"It Lives and Breathes": Depicting Human Drama, Riccardo Venturi
Catalogue of exhibited works
Rothko before Rothko: Early Works, Ludovic Delalande
A Saffron-Hued Robe: Mythology and Surrealism, Francois MichaudRothko's Multiforms, Harry Cooper
Mark Rothko's Classic Paintings: Theaters of the Mind, Nancy Spector
Weights and Measures, Jeffrey Weiss
From the Experience of Uprooting to Aesthetic Subversion; a Pioneer who Renewed the Language of Painting, Annie Cohen-Solal
Biography, Claudia Buizza
The Seagram Murals, Magdalena Gemra
The Rothko Room in the Phillips Collection, Cordelia de Brosses
The Rothko Chapel: Painting the Night, Cordelia de Brosses
Rothko, Giacometti, and the UNESCO Commission, Claudia Buizza
<< En resonance >>
Comments collected by Hans-Ulrich Obrist
List of exhibited works
Bibliography