In Plain Sight - Ep. 3: "Go Deeper"

"You don't go look at a Rothko; you go inside a Rothko." - Claire, visitor, National Gallery of Art Modern art. Two little words that strike so much fear in the heart of the average museum goer. When you're used to straightforward, legible paintings and sculptures, Modernism can be pretty destabilizing. Pretty weird. Canvases are now spattered with paint, or lined with grids, or barely containing the shapes that seem to want to float away. A car tire is cut apart and reassembled. A giant mobile floats in the air, catching the breeze. And it's n...