In the Tower: Mark
Rothko
February 21, 2010–January 2, 2011
Mark Rothko
Untitled, 1964
Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
Copyright © 1997 Christopher
Rothko and Kate Rothko Prizel
1986.43.137
The second in a series of Tower exhibitions focusing on contemporary
art and its roots offers a rare look at the black-on-black paintings
that Rothko made in 1964 in connection with his work on a chapel for the
Menil Collection in Houston. A recording of Morton Feldman's Rothko
Chapel (1971), the haunting music originally composed for that
space, accompanies the exhibition in the spacious East Building Tower
Gallery.
A new 10-minute film examines the career of Rothko and his
development of a style that fused abstract painting with emotional
significance. Produced by the National Gallery of Art, the film will be
shown continuously in the Tower Gallery. The film was made possible by
the HRH Foundation.
Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of
Art.
Sponsor: The exhibition is made possible by the
generous support of the Aaron I. Fleischman Foundation.
Schedule: National Gallery of Art, February 21,
2010–January 2, 2011
The exhibition is on view in the National Gallery's East Building,
Tower Gallery. Tomado de: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/rothkotowerinfo.shtm
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