Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration

Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of InspirationA celebration of Houston's Rothko Chapel on its fiftieth anniversary, featuring work by contemporary artists responding to its continuing impact Artists and the Rothko Chapel celebrates the legacy of the Rothko Chapel in Houston and globally, highlighting how it has inspired artists since its founding in 1971. The catalogue reflects on the Chapel's past while looking toward its future, featuring recent work by four contemporary artists Sam Gilliam,

1954) studied art history and economics at Harvard

Beuys’s self-mythology confronted post-traumatic life head on

to their joint studies at the Bauhaus and travels through Europe in the early 1930s

“The ultimate book on all things Brett Murray

“This catalogue

she takes us on an exploratory journey through a metropolis in constant flux between construction and deconstruction

" says Zenande Mtati

Murray approaches his subject with something like apprehension

association with the Spanish Civil War was a liability and the book became obscured

multicolored ceramics and Murano glass

They include: Jessica Craig-Martin

and Coppola began groundbreaking experimentations with photography in his native Argentina