ROTHKO THE WRITER IF ANY PAINTER AIMED TO TRANSCEND WORDS, IT WAS MARK ROTHKO, WHOSE LUMINOUS FIELDS OF COLOR REVOLUTIONIZED AMERICAN ART. ALL THE MORE SURPRISING, THEN, THAT HIS NEWLY PUBLISHED WRITINGS TELL US SO MUCH.

The Boston Globe | June 18, 2006| | Copyright

IN 1978, THE PAINTER Philip Guston warned that if artists did not speak in public, they ran the risk of being reduced to "painting monkeys." If, on the other hand, they did speak, their words were generally not to be trusted. The only truth, according to Guston, was in their candid remarks. His prime example was Mark Rothko. After a visit to Guston's Manhattan studio in 1957, Rothko had told him, "Phil, you're the best storyteller around, and I'm the best organ player." Admitting that after more than 20 years the meaning of the comment was still not entirely clear-was Rothko saying ...

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