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Rothko's Untitled. I don't like abstract expressionism but he's probably the technical height of it from how much work actually went into that.

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[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Standing in front of a Mark Rothko painting was almost a fucking spiritual experience for me, not because of the capitalist messages hidden inside but because of the depth of color and texture that fills the perception

jesse-wtf

[–] PapaEmeritusIII@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It’s not a hard sentence to understand. I guess this is your first time encountering someone who likes art that you don’t like

[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

there's different tastes and then there's what you said. I don't like coffee, but it's comprehensible to me that someone would.

[–] CA0311@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

no, but if I took it and looked at some garbage and felt something i'd attribute it to the drug, not the object.

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