Tuesday, June 5, 2012

The greatest artist of the 20th Century

Mark Rothko was a painter, a painter who painted shlock.  But that was the point, because what he did with that was the greatest art the Century would see.  Consider one of his paintings, No. 7:


Three or four different shades of black.  And he convinced the Art Establishment that this was new, and fresh, and a "new study in light".  Sold his stuff for big, big bucks.

It was performance art. His talent was punking the entire Northeast Art Community, and he did it again, and again, and again.  A "Top Carnivore" is the predatory species in an ecosystem that will prey on anything, including other predators.  Think Grizzly Bear or Orca.  Mark Rothko was a top carnivore in New York City, preying on Captains of Industry and assorted Robber Barons (both public sector and private sector).

Well played, Mr. Rothko.  Well played.

4 comments:

  1. ProudHillbillyJune 5, 2012 at 7:41 AM

    Ya gotta appreciate it. Not the painting, the flim flam.

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  2. AaronJune 5, 2012 at 9:23 AM

    Rothko's painting Voice of Fire got picked up by the National Gallery of Canada for a cool 1.8 million.

    3 frickin' strips of paint.

    People pointed out their kids could paint it, and paint it better.

    Meanwhile all the bien pensants were busy falling all over themselves over how great an artwork it was and how the great unwashed just didn't understand such an important work that needed to be acquired with taxpayer dollars.

    Something to be said there about the delusions of the elites.

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  3. wolfwalkerJune 5, 2012 at 6:07 PM

    So Rothko pulled a visual-medium equivalent of the Sokal hoax?

    Heh.

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  4. kx59June 5, 2012 at 9:51 PM

    He sold schlock so well that wealthy moonbats built a chapel in his honor.

    http://www.rothkochapel.org/

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