Revisiting the Rothko Chapel
Edited by Annie Cohen-Solal Edited by Aaron Rosen
Hardback (Published)
(December 2020)
ISBN: 9782503594767
Price: $125.00
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In the present volume, readers are invited to explore the intersecting spiritual and aesthetic dimensions that give the Rothko Chapel its great power.
“The Chapel is a place conducive to spiritual activity. We are cut off from the world and its suffocating multiplicity, able to wander in the infiniteHere we are nowhere and everywhere; here we can find a blessed wholeness, a sense of unity.” (Dominique de Menil, 1989) This was the motto animating Dominique and John de Menil’s commission of the Rothko Chapel, expressing their desire to create a space for unity in the individual, and unity in humankind. How can the contemporary visitor experience such unity today? Which functions does the Chapel perform as a contemplative or spiritual space for interfaith communion? The Rothko Chapel, a space set “between tragedy and hope” (according to Mark Rothko), has been functioning as a place for worship and reflection since its inauguration, hosting encounters with his Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, and Rutha Mae Harris, among many other world-renowned human rights activists and religious figures.
- Edited by Annie Cohen-Solal
- Edited by Aaron Rosen
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