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Stephen Knudsen

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No. 61, Rust and Blue by Mark Rothko. Oil on canvas, 115 ¾" x 91 ¼". Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.

Practical Aesthetics: Knudsen's Revised Qualities of ICU is the companion piece to Practical Aesthetics: Examining Artwork with a Critical Eye from the October 2010 issue of Art Calendar. In this article, we take a closer look at the characteristics of intensity, complexity and unity discussed in the print article and follow them up with an in-depth analysis of Mark Rothko's No. 61, Rust and Blue using ICU theory.