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In his Red and Black artwork, Rothko abandoned specific reference to nature in order to paint images with universal associations. Mark Rothko had developed a style in which hazy, pulsating rectangles float within a vertical format. He explained that these shapes 'have no direct association with any particular visible experience, but in them one recognises the principle and passion of organisms'. Rothko once said to a friend, “Often, towards nightfall, there’s a feeling in the air of mystery, threat, frustration—all of these at once. I would like my paintings to have the quality of such moments.” |