Comments on: Late Rothko Late http://www.cookylamoo.com/boringlikeadrill/2009/02/late-rothko-late.html The Only Authoritative Guide to Culture Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ben.H http://www.cookylamoo.com/boringlikeadrill/2009/02/late-rothko-late.html/comment-page-1#comment-1244 Ben.H Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:01:00 +0000 http://www.cookylamoo.com/wordpress/?p=827#comment-1244 I could have been narkier myself (the merchandising! the ejumacational room!) but decided to focus on how great the paintings are.<br /><br />Actually, you're right about the black and brown pieces on paper; they did have a more relaxed, convalescent feeling to them.<br /><br />I think it really was a bit quieter when I went in; but I also have the immigrant's expectation that everything in London is going to be bleak, crowded, cold, damp, dangerous, and expensive. And that's just in the Tate cafeteria badaBING! I could have been narkier myself (the merchandising! the ejumacational room!) but decided to focus on how great the paintings are.

Actually, you're right about the black and brown pieces on paper; they did have a more relaxed, convalescent feeling to them.

I think it really was a bit quieter when I went in; but I also have the immigrant's expectation that everything in London is going to be bleak, crowded, cold, damp, dangerous, and expensive. And that's just in the Tate cafeteria badaBING!

]]> By: petemaskreplica http://www.cookylamoo.com/boringlikeadrill/2009/02/late-rothko-late.html/comment-page-1#comment-1243 petemaskreplica Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:24:00 +0000 http://www.cookylamoo.com/wordpress/?p=827#comment-1243 I was probably too narky about the exhibition, but, hey, narky's my schtick. To be fair, the crowds weren't nearly as bad as the ones at the Monet exhibition a few years back. There you really did struggle to see the actual art at all.<br /><br />One of the things that did strike me was that the room with the Seagram paintings did somehow have the atmosphere of a busy restaurant, which may or may not provide a context to their commission and withdrawal.<br /><br />I disagree about the emotional progression of the paintings; to me the black on black and brown/grey pictures were filled with a huge sense of peace, or at least impassiveness (I thought the black/grey series lacked the impact of the brown/grey ones). And yes, they totally are landscapes, whatever the experts say.<br /><br />Ben, I'm worried about you. You're not that bothered about the crowds? You've been in London too long ;) I was probably too narky about the exhibition, but, hey, narky's my schtick. To be fair, the crowds weren't nearly as bad as the ones at the Monet exhibition a few years back. There you really did struggle to see the actual art at all.

One of the things that did strike me was that the room with the Seagram paintings did somehow have the atmosphere of a busy restaurant, which may or may not provide a context to their commission and withdrawal.

I disagree about the emotional progression of the paintings; to me the black on black and brown/grey pictures were filled with a huge sense of peace, or at least impassiveness (I thought the black/grey series lacked the impact of the brown/grey ones). And yes, they totally are landscapes, whatever the experts say.

Ben, I'm worried about you. You're not that bothered about the crowds? You've been in London too long ;)

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