yes mark rothko is dope he had a great manifesto for his colour field paintings which i wish i could remember er 'no light no shade no subject...' etc. i am sure this is totally wrong but you get the idea. sorta like the basic channel of painting :^)
kirk de giorgio named one of the tracks from 'interplanetary folklore' after a rothko painting, 'blue black on brown' or something similar. uh my memory is terrible. p-dogg