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![Mark Rothko Mural for End Wall (Untitled) [Seagram Mural] 1959 National Gallery of Art, Washington Gift of the Mark Rothko Foundation Inc.](/images/dataobjects/images/8238202a2553766aef3303febb20e28a_0.jpg)
Mark Rothko Mural for End Wall (Untitled) [Seagram Mural] 1959 National Gallery of Art, Washington Gift of the Mark Rothko Foundation Inc.
Tate Modern presents an exhibition by one of the world’s most famous and best-loved artists, Mark Rothko. This is the first significant exhibition of his work to be held in the UK for over 20 years.
Tate Modern's iconic 'Rothko Room' works are reunited for the first time with works from Japan. The Seagram Murals were originally commissioned for The Four Seasons Restaurant in the Seagram Building New York.
Rothko’s iconic paintings, composed of luminous, soft-edged rectangles saturated with colour, are among the most enduring and mysterious created by an artist in modern times. In the exhibition his paintings glow meditatively from the walls in deep dark reds, oranges, maroons, browns, blacks, and greys.
The exhibition will also focus on other work in series, such as the Black-Form paintings, his large-scale Brown and Grey works on paper, and his last series of Black on Grey paintings, created in the final decade of his life from 1958-1970.
Rothko is the must-see exhibition of the year - book your tickets now to avoid missing out.
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by Hugo Blumenthal 28.09.08 23:08
A good example of that an excellent exhibition doesn't always have to mean a complete, full retrospective. The current popularity of this exhibition is the only thing that seems to work -paradoxically, but almost inevitably, and unfortunately- against it. It always amazes that so many people could seem to 'like' these paintings!
On the other hand, I know the audioguide can also work against the experience of Rothko's paintings, but, if you don't know much about Rothko, his later work, if not knowing seems to trouble you, doesn't seem to allow you to experience these paintings (because you feel something is missing, don't know what to think, feel bored, etc.), get the audioguide. It's one of the best I remember to have listened to. It even includes some music (Mozart, Morton Feldman...) that goes perfectly with the paintings. Then, another day you can come back and 'just' experience the paintings. With a bit of luck, then you might even be able to avoid stepping into a crowd.
