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No mystery, it's just an example of really good poster art. I've always liked 'The Lucky Tea Kettle of Morin Temple'. Now....Color Field artists and the fact
by kingsuper20 5y ago
No mystery, it's just an example of really good poster art. I've always liked 'The Lucky Tea Kettle of Morin Temple'.
Now....Color Field artists and the fact that people pay the big bucks for some of them, that's the kind of thing that can mystify you.
- aeontech 5y agoThis is a great print and a great story, thanks for that :) Link for those who are also curious like me: https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cyw/id/314/ https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cyw/id/314/
- blt 5y agoIf you have only seen color field paintings in books, seeing them in person at a museum might help resolve some of the mystery. They can have a powerful physical presence. Maybe still overpriced, but not worthless.
- kingsuper20 5y agoThe better color field paintings strike me as good quality industrial graphics art, perfect for a textbook/album cover or a corporate HQ lobby. Time will tell on whether Rothko is a scam or has lasting value. I fully appreciate the self-belief and self-marketing that goes into this stuff, a form of visual John Cage. My favorite ones, and I wish I could find an example as my Google-Fu is failing me, are the guys that simply paint a whole canvas a solid color. Basically metastasized paint chips.
- blt 5y agoEllsworth Kelly?
- munificent 5y agoI respect people who have differing opinions but standing in front of a Rothko close enough to have it fill my entire field of vision is still one of my favorite experiences with art. Even in reproductions, I find his paintings to be evocative and emotive.