Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko, Untitled Mural for End Wall (1959).

A new exhibition at the Tate Modern that refreshes more than it rehashes.

See articles:
Adrian Searle "Every single thing counts"
Jonathan Jones "Ambushed by Rothko"

Also see images, video and curator interview.

Link via The Guardian.
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Mike Bertino

An incongruous mix of empty signifiers - meaning nothing and something at the same time.

Link via Artist A Day.
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Neuroaesthetics

Breaking with the normal format - the article linked below seems to suggest that the key(s) to unlocking the (human) aesthetic experience is gradually being understood. If this line of research continues or even picks up momentum, maybe we might see the day that it is possible to "engineer" a work of art to evoke a particular "aesthetic experience" - then, again, maybe not ...

Seed
Beauty and the Brain
Neuroaesthetics promises to reinvigorate science's search for a theory of beauty.
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Curtis Mann

two men, stilts (somewhere, Israel)


entrance (Beirut)

An interesting reversal of photographic/painting techniques by way "subtraction" from a given image - yet achieving painterly effects, nonetheless. In any case, the work speaks volume about the "redemptive power" of art and, by extension, of the artist - in a non-didactic manner.

Link via lens culture.
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Roger Hiorns

Visitor at Roger Hiorns' Seizure. Photograph: Sarah Lee (Guardian)

The latest work, "Seizure", is an astounding gamble that depended on a mix of predictable behaviour and unexpected results - all ingredients of a great piece of artwork.

More photos here.
Articles here and here.
MP3 interview here.

Link via Artangel.
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Virgilio Ferreira

Daily Pilgrims, Beijing

An inversion of foreground-background, subject-object focus. Perhaps an elegy for the state of trans-global living.

Link via lens culture.
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