Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Art and Abstraction

Mark Rothko is an abstract expressionist painter. This artist is concerned with emotions and colour as seen in this work below. I love this artists work due to his expressive use of colour and his technique, his great use of the brush strokes which create a subtle colour modulation. Contrasting colours are used, depicting different emotions within the works, creatnig an interesting piece that draws the viewers eye into the focal point, usually being the centre of the artwork. And as Rothko says, "There is no such thing as a painting about nothing."

sorry i couldnt get the image to work but take a look at his exhibiton at the tate modern gallery to see some of his work.

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=12964&searchid=9194

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