Dimensions: 23 x 28 cm
The format chosen to embark on this narrative, visual and conceptual journey, with its surprising implications, is a 304-page volume that gives concrete form to the passionate reflection of Franco Calarota, founder of ACP Palazzo Franchetti by Fondazione Calarota a Venezia and of Galleria d’Arte Maggiore g.a.m. It is an intuiton that Franco Calarota has developed from the conviction that, beyond their evident differences in geography and temperament, the two great artists shared a profound spiritual affinity, rooted in silence, light and inner tension.
Giorgio Morandi and Mark Rothko's artworks seem to recognize each other from afar. it is as if they shared a secret languagfe made up of silences, waiting and inner resonances. A still life that becomes meditation and a color field that becomes presence both draw upon a common gesture: removing, substracting, reducing to the point of revealing what is left when everything superfluous vanishes. Their affinity does not lie in the forms but in the intention: seeking an essence that is neither object nor color but a condition of being.
This volume, enriched with contributions from leading scholars, invites readers to join this dialogue and let themselves be guided by two different yet surprisingly similar voices. They will discover how painting, stripped of the superfluous, can become an experience of deep listening and inner revelation.
Curated by Renato Miracco, Lorenzo Balbi
With a preface by Christopher Rothko
Introduction by Roberta Perazzini Calarota
Essays by: Renato Miracco, Lorenzo Balbi, Alessia Calarota, Riccardo Venturi, Klaus Ottmann, Nico Stringa
