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Book Synopsis"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 Pagé 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.
Trade Review"An expansive retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, in Paris, shows why the visionary artist continues to turn heads." - W Magazine
Table of ContentsForeword, Bernard Arnault, Fondation Louis Vuitton President Preface, Suzanne Pagé 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, François 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, Cordélia de Brosses The Rothko Chapel: Painting the Night, Cordélia de Brosses Rothko, Giacometti, and the UNESCO Commission, Claudia Buizza « En résonance » Comments collected by Hans-Ulrich Obrist List of exhibited works Bibliography
