Stamp Art: Rothko ‘Mood’ project

The Stamp Art Rothko ‘Mood’ project showcases GB 1960’s Full ‘Sheets’ of postal stamps, world full & half ‘Sheets’ of postal stamps with postal overprinting, in MINT condition. This showcase, presents an infomative and educational review of artwork Layouts from which a selected number of limited edition artwork prints, including the ‘Aden 1966 World Cup Football’ with Overprints with Artworks available for sale in the Stamp Art Gallery Shop.

Mark Rothko born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz (Russian: Ма́ркус Я́ковлевич Ротко́вич, Latvian: Markuss Rotkovičs; name not, Anglicized until 1940), (September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), was an American abstract painter of Latvian Jewish descent. He is best known for his colour field paintings that depicted irregular and painterly rectangular regions of colour, which he produced from 1949 to 1970.

Rothko did not personally subscribe to any one school; however, he is associated with the American Abstract Expressionist movement of modern art. Originally emigrating to Portland Oregon from Russia with his family, Rothko later moved to New York City where his youthful period of artistic production dealt primarily with urban scenery. In response to World War II, Rothko’s art entered a transitional phase during the 1940s, where he experimented with mythological themes and Surrealism to express tragedy. Toward the end of the decade Rothko painted canvases with regions of pure colour which he further abstracted into rectangular colour forms, the idiom he would use for the rest of his life.

Fearing that modern American painting had reached a conceptual dead end, Rothko was intent upon exploring subjects other than urban and nature scenes. He sought subjects that would complement his growing interest with form, space, and colour. The world crisis of war gave this search a sense of immediacy. He insisted that the new subject matter have a social impact, yet be able to transcend the confines of current political symbols and values.

Stamp Art focuses on Rothko’s colours, effect on Mood, using specially chosen and important postal stamps from around the world to cause the effect of Mood for the collector to reflect on using the unique designs and printed colours of quality postal stamps replicating the Rothko style for this unusual project.

The black on grey is not just an expanse of black paint, but layerings of shades of black, a surprise to people who would not think that black can come in different shades or tonalities. The grey, also, is not simply grey, but different shades of grey with hints of lavender and hints of brown. Mark Rothko. By Tino

The discussion of colour illuminates meaning in Rothko’s paintings. Rothko refers to Matisse’s The Red Studio of 1911, a seminal work of 20th century art. Red is a life force, a vibrancy and the fire of creativity. But the colour black diminishes that life force. Mark Rothko. By Tino

GREEN: The color of harmony, balance and security. Green also has a calming effect and symbolic meaning of hope, peace, gentleness and modesty. It is soothing, refined and civilized with great healing power. 
Green suggests stability and endurance, hope and growth. By Tino

Rothko’s paintings have been interpreted in terms of light and architecture, as the creation of a sense of place or space which can be entered, and spiritual journeys. … The early paintings suggest a preoccupation with the act of looking – both by the subject within the painting and the person who is looking at it. By Tino

In colour psychology, grey represents neutrality and balance. Its colour meaning likely comes from being the shade between white and black. The colour silver is associated with meanings of industrial, sleek, high-tech, and modern, as well as ornate, glamourous, graceful, sophisticated, and elegant.
By Tino

In Historical Terms the Black and Tans were a  specially recruited armed auxiliary police force sent to Ireland in 1921 
by the British Government to combat Sinn Féin.
The name suggested by the colour of their uniforms
and the Black and Tan hunt in Munster. By Tino

Mixing the colours blue and green makes cyan. Cyan is located at a midpoint between blue and green on the colour wheel. The complementary colour of cyan, because of its location on the colour wheel, is red. By Tino

Special Green, the colour of life, renewal, nature, and energy, is associated with meanings of growth, harmony, freshness, safety, fertility, and environment. Green is also traditionally associated with money, finances, banking, ambition, greed, jealousy, and wall street. … Green is soothing, relaxing, and youthful. By Tino

Conclusion

The Stamp Art Rothko ‘Mood’ project uses sheets of postage stamps displayed in the style of Mark Rothko to set a feeling of ‘Mood’ and excite the viewer’s emotions each time the Stamp Artwork is reviewed. Mark Rothko’s paintings are abstract and aim to evoke strong, basic human emotions such as tragedy, ecstasy, and doom. He sought to create a powerful, almost spiritual, experience for the viewer, emphasizing emotional impact over formal or representational elements. Rothko believed his work was successful when viewers were moved to tears or experienced a profound emotional reaction.

Private commission for exhibition’s and corporate display, in large format artwork design options with accompanying messaging, are available by request. Please contact info@stampartist.co.uk. for more information.

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