{"id":3888,"date":"2012-07-03T13:47:51","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T13:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artcorner.com\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2012-07-03T13:47:51","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T13:47:51","slug":"color-blocking-fashion-and-mark-rothko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/blog\/color-blocking-fashion-and-mark-rothko\/","title":{"rendered":"Color Blocking Fashion and Mark Rothko"},"content":{"rendered":"

The color-blocking<\/a> craze dominated runways last year, spilling over into 2012 and taking center stage in fashion, furniture, and flower designs in the Spring. Color Blacking is virtually everywhere this Summer! Bright colors bordering on neon are all the rage in fashion and in furniture, with softer shades of color blocks dominating weddings, as well as other home accents and d\u00e9cor.<\/p>\n

\"\" Why the focus?\u00a0 For some in the fashion and furniture world, it harkens back to the 50s and 60s, with a decidedly \u201cmod\u201d focus. \u00a0But even then, like so many fashion trends, designers drew inspiration from art.\u00a0 For example, in 1965, French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent was influenced by artist Piet Mondrian\u2019s color block paintings<\/a>. Mondrian\u2019s Composition With Red, Blue, and Yellow was the inspiration for Laurent\u2019s famously unique wool jersey color block dress.<\/p>\n

Dresses, handbags, shoes, jackets are all getting the color block treatment, along with a DIY component. Because of the dominance of tangerine as the color of the year, blocking uses shades of orange as the driving base, stacked with neutrals and creams primarily, but also along with other \u201chot\u201d shades (pinks and reds).<\/p>\n

For home furnishings, color blocking is rampant in shelving and bookcases, with clocks a bold blocking statement for the walls.<\/p>\n

But no artist does color blocking as painter Mark Rothko. His vibrant shades of oranges, reds, and yellows are some of the most recognized in the world of art. His work was a key contribution to the abstract expressionist style in America during the late 1940s and early 1950s.\u00a0 Although instantly recognizable, Rothko\u2019s paintings are not chunky blocks of color. His works contain subtle gradations and hues, seamlessly transitioning from one hue into the next.\u00a0 With blurry edges, many of these paintings are reminiscent of torn pages, softly tattered around the edges with layers of rainbows.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the color blocking craze has also influenced art lovers.\u00a0 Last month at Christie\u2019s contemporary art evening sale\/auction, Mark Rothko\u2019s \u00a0\u201cOrange, Red, Yellow\u201d\u00a0 work from 1961 sold for a record-breaking $87 million dollars. \u00a0The work, measuring nearly 8 feet by 7 feet, beat the previous record for a Rothko \u2014 set at Sotheby\u2019s in 2007 by philanthropist David Rockefeller’s \u201cWhite Center (Yellow, Pink, and Lavender on Rose),\u201d from 1950 \u2014 by more than $15 million. Christie\u2019s acquired a dearth of contemporary art from the estate of David Pincus, the Philadelphia clothing manufacturer, who died in December, and his wife, Geraldine.<\/p>\n

Currently, works by Mark Rothko hang can be seen at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, at the MOMA in New York City, at the Whitney in New York City, the\u00a0Whatever color blocks desired for the home, Rothko is an inspiration, from his dominant Oranges, Reds, and Yellows, to his blocks of cooler hues of Blues, Blacks, and Rusts. Guggenheim in New York City with his Untitled (Violet, Black, Orange, Yellow on White and Red) 1949, the Menil Collection in Houston Texas, the MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art)\u00a0 in Los Angeles, and the Rothko Chapel (built by the Menils) in Houston. The Rothko Chapel is a non-denominational chapel that also serves as a major work of modern art. The walls are fourteen black-hued paintings by Rothko \u2013 and since September 2000, is on the National Register of Historic Places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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