Contemporary Conversations: The Rothko Chapel

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  • Опубликовано: 4 фев 2021
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    Dedicated in 1971, the Rothko Chapel serves as a global destination for all faiths, a beloved sanctuary for contemplation housing 14 site-specific paintings by Mark Rothko. This autumn, following a year-and-a-half-long restoration to bring the space more in line with Rothko's original vision, the chapel reopened to the public. Join critic, Professor Shahidha Bari, in conversation with custodian of the Rothko legacy, Christopher Rothko, international curator, critic and art writer, Dr David Anfam, and Sotheby’s Chairman Lisa Dennison, to honour the Rothko Chapel's 50 years as a landmark of modern sacred art.
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Комментарии • 69

  • @louisematlock2491
    @louisematlock2491 3 года назад +15

    Just wonderful to listen to people with so much knowledge. I know very little about art but I love the Rothko paintings at Tate Modern. Thank you.

  • @kasandimulaa9999
    @kasandimulaa9999 Год назад +3

    Watched this while I was at the chapel! Def recommend doing that. It was like an in-depth spiritual guided tour! 👌🏿

  • @jeffreywailer7610
    @jeffreywailer7610 3 года назад +8

    His vision timeless

  • @richardheinsohn5160
    @richardheinsohn5160 3 года назад +3

    So illuminating and insightful to have these marvelous insights, especially from the amazing David Anfam! Also nice to see that tiny painting of mine in the upper right of the frame. Ha! Bravo! Thank you all!

  • @TheStockwell
    @TheStockwell 3 года назад +3

    I'm a very traditional Artist. My heroes are Klimt, O'Keefe, Hokusai, Monet - you get the idea. Rothko should be someone I'd automatically be contemptuous of. He isn't. I am in awe of his perseverance, of his dedication to his Art, of his need to continue exploring possibilities. When people say anyone could do what he did, I think they've no idea how much work goes into creating and painting works as large as a garage door. The sheer labor required is incredible.

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад +1

    The architecture is inspiring. The large fountain ⛲ outside is fascinating m. Visually stunning. . but inside it's a stunning vision of the inoculus Abyss

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад +1

    Tours are exquisite

  • @davidhunternyc1
    @davidhunternyc1 6 месяцев назад +1

    I've been to the Rothko Chapel a few times. I love Rothko. Perhaps my favorite painting is a dark purple plum painting, once owned by the minimalist Italian collector, Giuseppe Panza, now owned by MOCA in Los Angeles. I'm also a painter and I'm very sensitive to how paintings are constructed. I mention this because I am disappointed with the paintings hanging in the Rothko chapel. I don't believe the quality of the work is Rothko's best. For instance, Rothko used masking tape to make the edges on these paintings, quite different from the floating feathery rectangles of color in his earlier work. Rothko painted over the masking tape and then removed the masking tape, leaving raised edges and paint leakage under the tape. For all of Rothko's "spirituality," these paintings are decidedly material in nature, betraying their inferior construction. Furthermore, the paint surfaces are blotchy and uneven due to irreversible mold growth in the paint, which is said to contain animal proteins. What Rothko's paintings looked like before the mold damage? We'll never know. The Rothko Chapel is a sad failure, a noble exercise with mediocre results. Rothko's pulsing hum replaced by dull materiality.

  • @WhereIsMyLipstick
    @WhereIsMyLipstick 3 года назад +3

    Thank you so much! It gave me even more envy to visit it personally!

  • @christianegonbarnthaler1426
    @christianegonbarnthaler1426 3 года назад +2

    super art

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    At it's outstanding roundness

  • @user-nz4yd3iu4t
    @user-nz4yd3iu4t 2 года назад

    멋찝니다~~~

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    Menil collection .good though . Yes world class 😊

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    The vision. . one can only speculate

  • @trkarts194
    @trkarts194 3 года назад +3

    👍👏

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    Yes, it's quite different

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    If course, it is. From new York

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    At 14:05 .a completed. Work !( I find it hard to believe .

  • @dr.davidanfam5151
    @dr.davidanfam5151 3 года назад +2

    Although of course it's "work", this was my first Webinar and I very much enjoyed doing it with Christopher, Lisa & Shahida, all of whom were excellent. On a completely different artist and utterly different setting, some viewers may also find the following of interest: ruclips.net/video/KHubE_OD00Y/видео.html

  • @zovtenlystopad68
    @zovtenlystopad68 Год назад

    It is my dream to see Rothko paintings with bare eyes 👀.

    • @davidhunternyc1
      @davidhunternyc1 6 месяцев назад

      Where do you live? There are good Rothko's and there are great Rothko's. Seek out the very best and you'll be rewarded.

  • @BillWoodillustrator
    @BillWoodillustrator 3 года назад

    So Philip Johnson really in effect, had very little to do with the final design. It was basically Rothko’s design and was dismissive of Johnson’s vision...

  • @yusufbanna
    @yusufbanna 3 года назад +3

    Shahida Bari...seems a Bangladeshi name

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад +1

    Rothkochapel is arguably .a StThomas university message to the dead

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    Mark Rothko .

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    A shocking tomb to the architecture of the Abyss

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    And free I might add a very friendly staff ⚕️

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    Let me get a roller brush and a largecan of black paint

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    The lufglll

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    These panel s paintingsmust be worth hundreds of millions of dollars

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    But I think it's inspired . Oddly enough

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад +1

    It's a tomb

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    And place it in an academy

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    Don't mess with it .they will scream at you

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    Security is tight. Needless to say

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    The paintings 🎨🎨 are all black

  • @twt000
    @twt000 3 года назад

    Nether Portals.

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    But is it art🎨

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    Cold empty and depressed 😂

  • @robertbud8084
    @robertbud8084 2 года назад

    A little over blown 🤣 .square canvasses with dilib black architecture

  • @gerhardrohne2361
    @gerhardrohne2361 3 года назад

    this chapel remains an unmitigated selfconcsious architectural disaster - especially after references to italy... these entrances, these angels, these roofs...

  • @israeldiegoriveragenius2th164
    @israeldiegoriveragenius2th164 3 года назад +6

    Rothko was a complete pretentious bore. His work has no spirituality. He made paintings for a restaurant. His work is void of any interest, and likely to have been painted by others.

    • @reuben8912
      @reuben8912 3 года назад +6

      Watch the power of art by Simon Schama and watch the Rothko episode. You will go back on everything you just said.

    • @israeldiegoriveragenius2th164
      @israeldiegoriveragenius2th164 3 года назад +2

      @@reuben8912 Simon Schama is clueless, he is not a painter.

    • @reuben8912
      @reuben8912 3 года назад +3

      @@israeldiegoriveragenius2th164 He’s an art historian 🤦 there is more to life than decorative art, educate yourself... If you actually saw one in real life you would understand

    • @israeldiegoriveragenius2th164
      @israeldiegoriveragenius2th164 3 года назад

      @@reuben8912 Excuse me i know more about art than you do, if you did know anything about art, you would know Rothko's paintings were made for the marketplace. I have seen lots of his paintings, they look like mass produced objects and are dull.

    • @dansmith4984
      @dansmith4984 3 года назад

      @@israeldiegoriveragenius2th164 but you know ofc the paintings never needed up in the restaurant?

  • @lk8856
    @lk8856 3 года назад +2

    Baloney. It’s bare black walls. The emperor has no clothes. Lol what a joke.

    • @aspiknf
      @aspiknf 2 года назад

      I know...I was wondering what these sheep were seeing lol

    • @davidh2497
      @davidh2497 3 месяца назад +1

      I just visited. When I walked in my thought was what you folks just wrote. Then it crossed my mind that it was like the original Barnes Museum, poorly lit and you needed to let your eyes adjust. After 20 minutes of hanging out the paintings started to show color, purple in particular but also shades of black. It was an amazing experience. The paintings came to life! I would suggest you try again