Dimensions: 23 x 28 cm
The Calarota Foundation presents the publication of a volume bringing together an unprecedented dialogue, as well as the development of a possible exhibition, between two pivotal figures in the history of art: Giorgio Morandi and Mark Rothko.
Giorgio Morandi and Mark Rothko’s artworks seem to recognize each other from afar. It is as if they shared a secret language 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, subtracting, 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.
