The Return of Rothko

"There is only one thing I fear in life, my friend... One day the black will swallow the red," recited Professor Patrick Baliani, playing artist Mark Rothko.

After six months in Paris on view in Fondation Louis Vuitton's Mark Rothko retrospective — the largest exhibition of the artist's work ever assembled — UAMA's Green on Blue returned home.

To celebrate the painting's return, Professor Patrick Baliani and Franke Honors students Nic Owen and Mireya Borgen performed John Logan's "Red," a dramatic account of Rothko's life and work. The play is course material in two of Professor Baliani’s classes this term: "Modern Art and Mental Illness" and “Visual Art and Brain Studies.”

The performance took place in UAMA's Modern Art Gallery, where Green on Blue served as the backdrop.

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