Inspiration Mark Rothko

“As to what I have done as a poet,… I take no pride in it… But that in my century I am the only person who knows the truth in the difficult science of colours – of that, I say, I am not a little proud, and here I have a consciousness of a superiority to many.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Meditative ecstasy, mystical reverie, religious contemplation, frenzy of color, atmospheric levitation, enigmatic bliss… It is difficult to find a word, concept or idea to describe Mark Rothko’s works.

I have consciously shifted the center of interest: The Act of Seeing, no longer the act of understanding = Color Field Awareness

“A painting is not about an experience. It’s an experience. Art is an adventure into an unknown world that can only be explored by the risk-takers. For me, art is an anecdote of the spirit and the only means of fleshing out the purpose of its multiple swiftness and stillness.”
Mark Rothko

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Paintings inspired by Marc Rothko

(Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz (Russian: Ма́ркус Я́ковлевич Ротко́вич)

As some of you might realize that my paintings seem close to a so called “Rothko-Style”. Despite the first impression at my exhibitions there are only a few color field paintings that refer to Marc Rothko. Of course his work inspired my painting career but as well I`m influenced by Paul Klee – the great german art teacher and member of “Blaue Reiter” and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Theory of Colours). Goethe –  writer and poet but also a great scientist who created the Theory of Colours which he considered his most important work and a big inspiration for Rudolf Steiner, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Rilke. Goethe named his method: “The experiment as mediator between subject and object” – we call it nowadays:  phenomenological

Nevertheless I am glad to announce that again one of my color field paintins has been choosen by “Saatchiart.com” for the “inspired by Rohko”.

Stanko ::: red-on-red ::: oil on hardboard ::: 150 x 150 cm ::: 2012
Stanko | red-on-red | oil on hardboard | 120 x 120 cm |  2012 | sold to a collector in Miami USA

 

Stanko | 2016 | 80 x 100 cm
Stanko | 2016 | 80 x 100 cm | sold to a collector in London UK

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