Arts Monday 5 May 2014
Mark Rothko Four Darks in Red, 1958
ArtiFacts Eastside.
Join me, Jane Raffan, for an autumnal celebration of red.
Autumn. Finally! And with the cool weather parts of greater Sydney are experiencing a northern hemisphere Fall, with leaves turning many shades of red. Beautiful!
The colour red is an important signifier, and the quest for red pigments has a long history that involves trade, piracy, war, espionage, exploration and international intrigue.
I’ll be playing interviews with Dr Judith Philp, Senior Curator at the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney that were taped in conjunction with the exhibition: The Quest for Red: Trade and Experiment, which explored the ways humans have exploited pigments, people and habitats to make the colour red.
And the music? My playlist focuses on jazz and avant-garde vocal tracks where the symbolism of red comes into play: blood, passion, politics, matters of the heart etc
As always, I look forward to your company!
Jane Raffan