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ok...they asked for it...I used to work in a mall poster shop.....HATEd Rothko. But upon doing research into gestalt psychology and perception, and visiting one of his paintings in a museum, my mind changed. Apparently, every thought is derived, in some form, from your senses. We are constantly exposed to a melee of visual detail (our most engaged perceptual method). This creates a state of consciousness, that is an amalgamation (and more than a sum of it's parts) of all of the information that you are taking in. My theory : When you sit in front of a Rothko, and intensely study it, you are limiting the perceptual input- that your brain can create immediate thought from- to a very specific and small set of wavelengths of light. If one relaxes and lets their eyes just absorb the colors, a subtle or dramatic change in consciousness can occur. I have not seen many in person, but I imagine that each one produces a different effect.

As far as what it's about....seems to me to be just any other lashing out at contemporary art practice by denying the validity of one's own practice.

But really....

http://www.artnotart.com/fluxus/images/bvautier-totalartmatchbox.jpg
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