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Mystical reverie, religious contemplation, meditative ecstasy or simple colorful intoxication... Will you be able to unravel the mysteries surrounding the spiritual work of Mark Rothko? Rigorous for some, obsessive for others, the American painter whose uncompromising reputation largely precedes his legend leaves behind a singular work, identifiable at first glance. Rectangular shapes, dark tones, muted contrasts, a continuous line and this airy, almost “atmospheric” touch. However, this was not always the case.

The Louis Vuitton Foundation honors the great master of American abstraction at the end of a grandiose and luminous exhibition characterized by his monumental canvases and his series of triptychs in dark colors and muted tones. Through the selection of a hundred masterpieces highlighted alongside the great figures of Alberto Giacometti, this powerful retrospective especially dares to contrast, opposing the intimate scenes and urban landscapes of his beginnings to his numerous explorations. in the abstraction illustrated here by its Multiforms, these chromatic masses in suspension where there is no longer any distinction between figure and background.

Between his vibrations of bright colors and his monochrome compositions, Mark Rothko appears here as a revolutionary artist, a true “myth maker” who shook up post-war painting by offering large, minimalist formats, freely inspired by Nietzschean philosophy. . Flamboyant in its colors, serious in the questions it raises, this monumental exhibition rich in 110 XXL-sized canvases paints a faithful and complete portrait of this enigmatic artist dedicated body and soul to painting. Mark Rothko had decided this: his paintings must never have a frame or even protective glass. Zero artifice, only the painting counts. None of its titles are therefore figurative, leaving the viewer free to interpret. What will yours be?

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