The monograph, designed by Takaaki Matsumoto and authored by philosopher and art critic David Carrier, is the first to trace Rohrer's trajectory over 40 years, describing the highly unorthodox arc of his life — from Mennonite stock in rural Pennsylvania to prominence as an exceptional abstract painter of the late 20th century. (locksgallery.com)
«I'm sort of looking at it as the existential arc of a life. (marinij.com)
More compelling, perhaps, is the tragic arc of his life, from the early work that put him in the forefront of German science to the later years he spent bending and nearly breaking under a Nazi yoke. (discovermagazine.com)