[u-89]

Rothko's work was not about technical skill, it is concept. That's the point is whether it's Rothko, Morris Louis, Pollack or any other abstract painter. The general public understands painting in the terms of photo realism i.e. the closer a painting looks like a photograph of a person, a basket of fruit, etc. the "better" the art. This one dimentional understanding leads to disapproval of abstraction. Look at it this way - people travel out of their way to see autumn landscapes but when the same mixing and spilling of color is on a canvas they are offended. Why? because they read the color as something tangible in a landscape - it's trees even though they are marveling at the colors. What is failed to be recognized is the appreciation of color interaction in its own right so when taken out of its natural environment they do not understand what they are seeing or rrealize how they loved it all along.

[woofie]

I agree with you...I have a BFA and 30 years in the artworld. Im sure this crowd might throw a few rocks at what I do,but then everyone is an art critic. My father used to rail against "modern Art" and I would remind him that Picasso was older than he was .