Oscar, Rothko was most certainly not an atheist. He was a deeply religious man who explored many Judaic themes (and myths) in his figurative and abstract work. Many of his works (pre-1949) were actually titled to echo his theological searches and beliefs.
List of all the video's: August 26 Introduction and In-class lecture 1. Modern Contexts: Introducing the Avant-Garde 2. The Canvas as an Arena: Jackson Pollock September 2 In-class lecture 1. The (Spiritual) Crisis of Abstract Expressionism: Mark Rothko 2. Clement Greenberg and Post-Painterly Abstraction September 16 In-class lecture 1. The Fully Present Object: the Minimalist Project 2. Duchamp’s Legacy: Robert Rauschenberg and John Cage September 23 In-class lecture 1. Working in the Gap Between Art and Life: Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns 2. Art in an Age of Mass-Media: Andy Warhol September 30 In-class lecture 1. Conceptual Art: New Strategies for Meaning 2. Postmodern Strategies: Mixed Messages and Undecidability October 14 In-class lecture 1. Working in the Expanded Field, part 1: Site Construction 2. Working in the Expanded Field, part 2: Marked Sites November 4 In-class lecture 1. Working in the Expanded Field, part 2: Axiomatic Structures 2. Contemporary Liturgies: Performance Art and Embodied Belief November 11 In-class lecture 1. Bodies of Knowledge: Performance Art and Social Space 2. Contemporary Laments: An Update on the Human Condition December 2 In-class Lecture 1. Mapping the Contemporary: What is going on Today?, part 1 2. Mapping the Contemporary: What is going on Today?, part 2
if he wanted a purely optical experience and not being able to see the hand of the creator, what would he think of machine made perfectly flat "paintings"? .......
The denial of any form could also be interpreted as beyond form, beyond words. In hindu mythology, before the creation of the phenomenal world of names and form, the existed a single uniformity "that winked". It had no attributes, dimention, names or forms. From this singularity, the phenomenal world rose and this consciousness created and experienced its creation, entering it as individual consciousness that was unaware of its true self..
Terrible reading of the paintings in the Chapel. Rothko was an atheist and this was simply a commission, the paintings have no religious connection. The dark color of the paintings were representational of Rothko's feelings as these were the last paintings he completed before he killed himself.
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Amazing hair! And great insights: love the end days Rothko Friedrich comparison.
Oscar, Rothko was most certainly not an atheist. He was a deeply religious man who explored many Judaic themes (and myths) in his figurative and abstract work. Many of his works (pre-1949) were actually titled to echo his theological searches and beliefs.
Around 45 minutes in he starts talking about Greenberg! Super helpful for my dissertation.
List of all the video's:
August 26
Introduction and In-class lecture
1. Modern Contexts: Introducing the Avant-Garde
2. The Canvas as an Arena: Jackson Pollock
September 2 In-class lecture
1. The (Spiritual) Crisis of Abstract Expressionism: Mark Rothko
2. Clement Greenberg and Post-Painterly Abstraction
September 16 In-class lecture
1. The Fully Present Object: the Minimalist Project
2. Duchamp’s Legacy: Robert Rauschenberg and John Cage
September 23 In-class lecture
1. Working in the Gap Between Art and Life: Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns
2. Art in an Age of Mass-Media: Andy Warhol
September 30 In-class lecture
1. Conceptual Art: New Strategies for Meaning
2. Postmodern Strategies: Mixed Messages and Undecidability
October 14 In-class lecture
1. Working in the Expanded Field, part 1: Site Construction
2. Working in the Expanded Field, part 2: Marked Sites
November 4 In-class lecture
1. Working in the Expanded Field, part 2: Axiomatic Structures
2. Contemporary Liturgies: Performance Art and Embodied Belief
November 11 In-class lecture
1. Bodies of Knowledge: Performance Art and Social Space
2. Contemporary Laments: An Update on the Human Condition
December 2 In-class Lecture
1. Mapping the Contemporary: What is going on Today?, part 1
2. Mapping the Contemporary: What is going on Today?, part 2
thank you so much!
are these all online?
really like this lecturer so would be keen to see the rest if they are all by the same speaker
charlie murphy They're all available on a playlist here: ua-cam.com/play/PL99EBAF55F1AF0F97.html
thanks
Thanks so much for this wonderful lecture! Well organized and very well presented (and accurate) material.
i would so have a crush on this lecturer if i went there haha
Riiggghhhttt? Lol
Many thanks for reading
T.S. Elliot
Did not do Barnett Newman ANY justice , that was a total wash !
if he wanted a purely optical experience and not being able to see the hand of the creator, what would he think of machine made perfectly flat "paintings"? .......
The denial of any form could also be interpreted as beyond form, beyond words. In hindu mythology, before the creation of the phenomenal world of names and form, the existed a single uniformity "that winked". It had no attributes, dimention, names or forms. From this singularity, the phenomenal world rose and this consciousness created and experienced its creation, entering it as individual consciousness that was unaware of its true self..
nice!
I love my teacher!!!
can't we make of it (or most anything) what we will?
it would have been much b etter had they put more screen time on what is shown on the projector than the face of the lecturer.
Terrible reading of the paintings in the Chapel. Rothko was an atheist and this was simply a commission, the paintings have no religious connection. The dark color of the paintings were representational of Rothko's feelings as these were the last paintings he completed before he killed himself.
I like your lectures but this one is HORRIBLE
this is insanely cringeworthy.
your comment shows how profoundly stupid you are.