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Reflecting on Mark Rothko

With my recent trip to Boston that included a captivating visit to the Museum of Fine Arts, I was fortunate enough to catch the Mark Rothko: Reflection exhibition. I have written on similar Rothko experiences when traveling: seeing the Rothko Chapel in Houston and the exhibition Red: Ming Dynasty/Mark Rothko in Washington DC.

A painting is not a picture of an experince, it is an experience. ~ Mark Rothko

Facing a Rothko painting is definitely an experience—a meditative, transformative kind of experience. There is a sense of immersion. A feeling that you are “part of the painting.” It’s still a magical feeling getting up close with these paintings and then slowly backing away filling your gaze with those mesmerizing colors.

Mark Rothko: Reflection contains eleven major works: from early paintings; to the radiant, colorful canvases that are most recognizable; to his large, mystical black paintings, made late in life. Though there are only a few examples of each phase of his career, together they allow us to trace his unique artistic vision.

The progression of a painter’s work, as it travels in time from point to point, will be toward clarity: toward the elimination of all obstacles between the painter and the idea, and between the idea and the observer.” ~ Mark Rothko

Without doubt, Rothko found clarity in his work. His paintings are an experience, the experience of being human.

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With over 15 years of experience in marketing, particularly in the SEO sector, Gombos Atila Robert, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Babeș-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) and obtained his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate (PhD) in Visual Arts from the West University of Timișoara, Romania. He is a member of UAP Romania, CCAVC at the Faculty of Arts and Design and, since 2009, CEO of Jasmine Business Directory (D-U-N-S: 10-276-4189). In 2019, In 2019, he founded the scientific journal “Arta și Artiști Vizuali” (Art and Visual Artists) (ISSN: 2734-6196).

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