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Originally Posted by Washing Machine

You do know that last post was a joke?

I agree with you as I said a lot of my favourite artists would be unappreciated in print. Apart from Manrique, this Swasea women called Sue Williams comes to mind. I'm not really arguing with you at all. My objection to Rothko and what I have seen of Rothko is purely down to my own asthetic prejuduces. I'm just not a fan of his and simular artists style. I just think personally there are many more exciting artists from his period that don't get as much mention as him. However when I am in London later on in the year I will go and have a look.

a joke? this is the internet-- you've seen the things people write in earnest? how are we to know?

anyway, i used to belittle postcard rothko as well not from "aesthetic prejudices" but due to insufficient information. then i was fortunate to see a retrospective on the guy. don't just have a look but stand in the presence of those things and then make up your mind. it's not really about mixing and matching colors, it's about what happens to you in the presence of the object... kinda like the 2001 monolith ha ha... hm, i can't explain very well but it's a very physical experience, not really an intellectual one.