Michael Centola
Video overview of the 2009 Rothko exhibit at the Tate Modern overdubbed to Underworld Jumbo (Rob Rives and Francois K. Main Dish mix). Overdub and synch by Centolam.
The exhibit has concluded, but the Tate Modern is the permanent home to seminal Rothko works including the Seagram Murals.
From the Tate site (channel.tate.org.uk)
“This Autumn Tate Modern presents an exhibition of the late works of Mark Rothko. The shows curator, Achim Borchardrt-Hume, takes us on a tour featuring the iconic Seagram Murals, Black-Form paintings, and the Black on Grey paintings the last series made before Rothkos death in 1970. We find out how much importance Rothko placed on the way his work was displayed, and why these mysterious rectangles of layered pigment hold such enduring appeal.”
Additional information regarding the exhibit from the main Tate site (http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/markrothko/default.shtm)
“Tate Modern presents an exhibition by one of the worlds 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.
Rothkos 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.”
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