Picked up "The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art," which is collected writings on art by Mark Rothko, the other day at the Boston Public Library and have been flipping through it.
I actually saw his son, Christopher Rothko, at the MFA years ago during the book tour for this volume (the son, Christopher edited the book and also provides an intro), but this is the first time I have spent any real time with it. I have read pieces that have appeared elsewhere, and am pretty familiar, but it is still a fun one.
How about this, right from the get go:
"What is the popular conception of the artist? Gather a thousand descriptions, and the resulting composite is the portrait of a moron: he is held to be childish, irresponsible, and ignorant or stupid in everyday affairs."
Pic above is from ovationtv.com
I actually saw his son, Christopher Rothko, at the MFA years ago during the book tour for this volume (the son, Christopher edited the book and also provides an intro), but this is the first time I have spent any real time with it. I have read pieces that have appeared elsewhere, and am pretty familiar, but it is still a fun one.
How about this, right from the get go:
"What is the popular conception of the artist? Gather a thousand descriptions, and the resulting composite is the portrait of a moron: he is held to be childish, irresponsible, and ignorant or stupid in everyday affairs."
Pic above is from ovationtv.com
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