Agnes Martin

One of the most singular voices in the history of American Abstraction, Agnes Martin’s work remains illusive, beguiling and at times baffling. Martin asks us to step away from the bustle and stress of everyday life, and enter her world. A world, where she searches for beauty through lines, bands, pale palettes and grids. These are paintings that whisper from the walls, gently drawing us towards a certain stillness, a quietness that can be hard to find in our modern lives. Join Nick and I as we curate a playlist to accompany today’s enigmatic painting.Today's Paintinghttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/martin-untitled-5-ar00177Today’s Playlist Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) America from West Side Storyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e2igZexpMs J.S Bach (1685-1760) Aria from Goldberg Variationshttps://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/artist/1fcUJdheEZjdQ4ZGKqhJhg?si=13MDdlsfRuaXdp1aZPto5g Morton Feldman (1926-1987) The King of Denmark for Percussion (Percussion Colin Frank, recording engineer, Jordan Strum). https://youtube.com/watch?v=kuYk2N9dTns Further looking and listening Agnes Martin ‘Friendship’ 1963https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79842 Documentary ‘With my back to the World’https://vimeo.com/ondemand/withmybacktotheworld Works we’ve been to see recentlyhttps://www.centrepompidou.fr/fr/recherche?terms=ellsworth%20kellyhttps://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern/display/in-the-studio/gerhard-richterIf you’d like to know more about ushttp://rachelrowntree.com/https://nicholasmulroy.com/Podcast artwork by https://www.annajanelester.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.