Post Gazette: There's only a tiny sampling of painter Mark Rothko's substantial body of work at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Now along comes the play "Red" to add to our understanding of the life and times of this important American artist.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
'Red' paints vivid portrait of controversial artist Mark Rothko
Post Gazette: There's only a tiny sampling of painter Mark Rothko's substantial body of work at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Now along comes the play "Red" to add to our understanding of the life and times of this important American artist.
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Mark Rothko is one of those artists whose work usually inspires museum-goers to say, "well, I could do that..." It's interesting to me that the playwright had such a visceral reaction to his paintings that he felt he had to write a play about it. Although he warns that this play is in no way a documentary, I would like to see it, because I think it would offer some sort of insight into the world that created these famous paintings. It's sometimes easy to brush off Mark Rothko's work, especially if you don't know much about his context. I'm excited to see what kind of background this will bring to his work. It seems like the playwright tried to stay true to the character of Rothko, and how he would respond to situations, even if the situations in which he is represented are more fictional.
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