Reconsidering Barnett Newman

by Melissa Ho (Editor), Mel Bochner (Contribution by), Yve-Alain Bois (Contribution by)

In April 2002 the Philadelphia Museum of Art held a symposium in conjunction with a major retrospective of the work of Barnett Newman (1905–1970). This volume publishes the proceedings of the event. With contributions from notable specialists in the field, including art historians, museum curators, critics, conservators, and fellow artists, the book pays homage to Newman and sheds new light on his work as a theoretician and innovator.
The essays collected in Rediscovering Barnett Newman discuss the artist’s famous “zip,” his late series of paintings “The Stations of the Cross,” the temporal aspect of his works, his painting technique, and his sculptural oeuvre, among other topics. As a whole, this wide-ranging collection provides new perspectives on one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, whose work continues to inspire and to speak to contemporary audiences.

Genres: Art

200 pages, Paperback

First published June 10, 2005

Reviews

[Hillary · Rating 4 out of 5]

I checked this book out from my university library as a resource for a research presentation on Barnett Newman. It was very helpful to my research and I was able to get a good bit of my information from this source. Also this was very informative for understanding how Newman's work has been looked at throughout the years, and the impact it has had on subsequent generations of painters.