I was thrilled at the nice Escher show they had at the Chrysler in Norfolk, and thrilled again when Barnes & Noble put out a book that mirrored (how appropriate!) the show. Yeah, I love the way he draws.
Rothko, on the other hand, latched onto a gimmick with limpet-like intensity. And it was a stupid gimmick. My cousin lived in a neighborhood in Houston where they put the Rothko Chapel, so I went and looked at it. It was no big deal. There was also a famous 20th century sculpture outside the place called "Broken Obelisk." It was an obelisk. Broken. Whoa; too cozmik! Only it wasn't there; it was off for repair, because it didn't bend at the precise angle that made it a significant work of art instead of just a piece of crap.
I wanted to put a little tablet there calling it "Removed Obelisk" and taking credit for its absence as a piece of conceptual art. But the world just wasn't ready for me.
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Rothko, on the other hand, latched onto a gimmick with limpet-like intensity. And it was a stupid gimmick. My cousin lived in a neighborhood in Houston where they put the Rothko Chapel, so I went and looked at it. It was no big deal. There was also a famous 20th century sculpture outside the place called "Broken Obelisk." It was an obelisk. Broken. Whoa; too cozmik! Only it wasn't there; it was off for repair, because it didn't bend at the precise angle that made it a significant work of art instead of just a piece of crap.
I wanted to put a little tablet there calling it "Removed Obelisk" and taking credit for its absence as a piece of conceptual art. But the world just wasn't ready for me.