Mediterranean Rothko  Panel Presentation

Mediterranean Rothko ("Μεσογειακός Ρόθκο") a panel presentation by the members of the Scientific group "The Mediterranean Rothko: From Italy to Greece, Rothko's Classic Route in the Mediterranean and Beyond" which investigated the ergography and related texts of the great Abstract Expressionist artist as related to the European South. The presentations were  part of the Team exhibition by 24 Greek and foreigh artists,  "The Art of Immersion in Contemporary Painting. Learning from Mark Rothko" (“Η Τέχνη της Εμβύθισης στη σύγχρονη ζωγραφική. Μαθαίνοντας από τον Mark Rothko”) at Lofos art project between 25/9-27/10/2024.

Curator: Dr. Faye Tzanetoulakou.

Speakers included the Research / Academic Team (alphabetical order):  

• Barbara Kondilis, PhDc. "Rothko, a persona of red/ black”,
• Kalliope Koundouri, Ph.D. "Archaic, Classic, Modern: The Historic Rothko”,  
• Dionysis Mourelatos, Ph.D. "The Byzantine origins of the Mediterranean Rothko”,  
• Vicki Sarakatsianou, Ph.D. "Mark Rothko: The path to abstraction”,  

• Faye Tzanetoulakou, Ph.D. " Rothko, The messenger of the New Sublime in Accordance to Longinus", and 
• Marcello Barison, Ph.D. "Myth and Experience. Rothko's Understanding of Tragic". 
• The Free exhibition at Lofos Art Project in Kypseli featured  the works by 24 contemporary Greek and foreign visual artists.  Refer to “Learning from Mark Rothko”

These efforts were made possible by the support of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.