FASHION Magazine
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FASHION Plates: Mark Rothko’s Red
The eccentric American artist Mark Rothko changed the art world in the ’40s and ’50s with his abstract expressionist art. His signature style of rectangles in fields of colour has had a major impact on the colour-blocking trend that dominated the runways this past spring and continues to be seen everywhere for fall. With the recent Canadian premiere of Red, a Tony Award–winning play that lets us in on the life of the artist, here’s our guide on how to become a walking piece of Rothko art.
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SNP’s word of the day: Iconoclasm
Illustration by Lewis Mirrett Word: Iconoclasm
Meaning: The deliberate destruction of icons and symbols with a political intent (usually), or the beliefs and actions of an iconoclast (someone who overthrows the establishment).
Usage: “Rothko’s ‘iconoclasm’, in other words, his shattering of the recognisable conventions of imaging, becomes, in execution, unacceptably coercive.” — The Guardian, 2001