surrealists

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970

Mark Rothko

A short biography of Latvian-born abstract expressionist artist and anarchist, Mark Rothko.

Mark Rothko
Born Marcus Rothkowitz, 25 September 1903 - Russia, died 25 February 1970 - New York, USA

Marcus Rothkowitz was born to Jewish parents in Czarist Russia on September 25, 1903 in Dvinsk. His father emigrated to America when he was ten.

1919-1950: The politics of Surrealism

Surrealist work partly by Breton

A history of Surrealism and its links with politics and, in particular, anarchism and socialism.

Heatwave Magazine - UK, 1960s

Ban the Bombers

Texts about and from 1966 British magazine Heatwave, which was linked to American Surrealists and radical unionists.

We group together here 2 texts about the UK Heatwave magazine, which existed for 2 issues in 1966 - and the wider political scene it was a part of, which included its links with the US Industrial Workers of the World and American Surrealists. There then follows a text from issue 1 of Heatwave.

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