one surrealist a day

$Archaic Idol by Mark Rothko, 1945. Ink and gouache on paper, 21&frac7/8; x 30 inches. The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY. Yes, that Mark Rothko. He was a supremely skilled painter.1 Before he moved towards the colorfield style of painting he worked in abstract expressionism. In this painting, and others from this period, I see a lot of surrealism. So when you hear someone say, “It’s just two rectangles. My kid can do that.” No, your kid can’t. ↩$

Archaic Idol by Mark Rothko, 1945. Ink and gouache on paper, 21&frac7/8; x 30 inches. The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY.

Yes, that Mark Rothko. He was a supremely skilled painter.¹ Before he moved towards the colorfield style of painting he worked in abstract expressionism. In this painting, and others from this period, I see a lot of surrealism.

So when you hear someone say, “It’s just two rectangles. My kid can do that.” No, your kid can’t. ↩

February 13, 2012 at 8:31pm