Endings (Rothka died today) - Kodachrome 64, No. 21, 26/02/1970
This photograph is from Robert Owen’s series Endings. Owen’s artistic practice primarily revolves around abstract painting and sculpture, and this series of photographs continues his explorations of colour, light, form and abstraction. The photographs in this series are created from film stubs collected by the artist between 1968 and the mid-1990s. The images, which rely on chance and accident, push the boundaries of photography. Owen has used the medium’s raw materials not only as a tool but also as a subject. These images are devoid of any reference to the world beyond the essential properties of photographic film. The series thus references photography and the end of film both literally and metaphorically.
'Endings (Rothko died today) – Kodachrome 64, No 21. 26/02/1970' comes from a roll of film exposed on the date of Mark Rothko’s death. Owen developed the film years later. When he printed the image he noticed an uncanny resemblance of this frame and the paintings of Mark Rothko.
(2014)
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