Suspended against a dark background, the colour fields in this painting appear to expand into three-dimensional space. Rothko recognised the potential for motion and spatialisation of colour and achieves it by soaking the canvas in successive thin coats of paint. The atmospheric weightlessness and transparency of the colours, which appear as if illuminated from within, generate a religious, meditative mood. Resin on canvas. The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart ([ˈʃtaːts.ɡaləˌʁiː ˈʃtʊtɡaʁt], "State Gallery") is an art museum in Stuttgart, Germany, it opened in 1843. In 1984, the opening of the Neue Staatsgalerie (New State Gallery) designed by James Stirling transformed the once provincial gallery into one of Europe's leading museums.
