#Barnett Newman

[topcat77]

Barnett Newman, American artist, b.1905

Be I, 1949

#barnett newman

[daughter-of-sapph0]

"I hate when I say I could have made that and stupid art nerds say 'but you didn't'. it's so cringe"

but that's literally true. you didn't make that art.

take Barnett Newman's art for example. you didn't make it because you literally couldn't make it. you were not a Jew who lived during the holocaust. you did not experience two world wars before you turned fifty. you did not experience all this suffering and death all around you. you did not witness your people face genocide at the hands of fascism. you did not read about two atomic bombs dropping in the newspaper the week it happened while it was celebrated like a victory. you didn't become so jaded and disillusioned by the immense hatred of modern and surrealist art that you decided to make art that is so intrinsically tied to the Jewish experience with a modern twist, such as what he calls his "zips" being both the pillar of fire from the Tanakh and the flash of an atom bomb. you couldn't have made art that invoked such a negative reaction that to make an entire series of paintings as a response to specifically call out the people who are afraid of modern minimalist art.

sure, you could draw a blue line on a red canvas. but it won't have the same meaning behind it that Newman's art does.

don't let that discourage you, though. if you think "I could have done that" maybe you couldn't have specifically done THAT, but you can make something similar. you can put your thoughts and emotions into your art. you can make your art say something. you can't make Newman's art. but he couldn't make your art. because your art is yours, and Newman's art is Newman's. no one can make art the exact same way as someone else. every single brush stroke, every single line, every single thought put into planning is always different. there are never any two pieces of art that are exactly the same. it's always unique. just like you.

don't say "I could have made that". say "I could make something like that". let art be an inspiration, not a challenge to copy. you are a unique individual. your experiences and life and emotions are different from everyone else. so every single work of art you make is 100% yours and 100% unique.

#dostxt #long post #art rant #barnett newman

[nobrashfestivity]

Marc Riboud French-American art collector Dominique de Menil. 1986.

Magnum Photos

No credit on the painting but I'm guessing it is Barnett Newman, Now II, 1967 © 2015 The Barnett Newman Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS)

#Marc Riboud #Dominique de Menil #barnett newman

[conformi]

Stefan Lochner, Bible, about 1450 VS Barnett Newman, Onement V, 1952

#Stefan Lochner #bible #manuscript #book #Gothic #historiated #Kölner Malerschule #Cologne #Cologne School #painting #barnett newman #abstract painting #color field painting #color field #modern art #contemporary art #Abstract expressionism #abstractism #usa

[yama-bato]

Canto III', Barnett Newman, 1963–4 | Tate

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[darknessdrops]

Barnett Newman: "Be I", 1970

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[rearte2]

by Barnett Newman, 1963

#Barnett Newman

[abstracteddistractions]

Barnett Newman, Black Fire I, 1961. 

Oil on canvas. 

114 x 84 in (289.5 x 213.3 cm)

#art #painting #abstract art #abstraction #abstract #barnett newman #black #fire #1961 #lines #geometric #minimal

[garadinervi]

Barnett Newman, Canto X from 18 Cantos, (illustrated book with eighteen lithographs and one lithographed title page), Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY, 1964, Edition of 18 (Prints executed 1963-1964) [MoMA, New York, NY. Centre Pompidou, Paris. © Barnett Newman Foundation / ARS, New York / Adagp, Paris]

#art #geometry #pattern #lithograph #portfolio #barnett newman #universal limited art editions #ulae #barnett newman foundation #moma #the museum of modern art #centre pompidou #1960s

[benjamental]

Barnett Newman, Achilles, 1952, oil and acrylic resin on canvas

Felt fortunate to have a few minutes with this painting before closing time at the East Building of the National Gallery. Holy shit is it arresting.

#barnett newman #achilles

[davidhudson]

Barnett Newman, January 29, 1905 – July 4, 1970.

#barnett newman #art

[topcat77]

 Barnett Newman

Onement V, 1952

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[granstromjulius]

Barnett Newman

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[nobrashfestivity]

Barnett Newman, 1960s

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[conformi]

Jannik Sinner celebrates winning championship point, Men's Singles Final match | 2024 Australian Open, Melbourne Park | Melbourne, Australia, 28 January 2024 VS Barnett Newman, Onement VI, 1953

#jannik sinner #tennis #Daniil Medvedev #australian open #australia #melbourne #Grand Slam #atp tour #atp ranking #barnett newman #minimalism #minimalist #italy #italia #art #modern art #contemporary art #abstractism #abstract #abstract painting #color field painting #color field

[jokeanddaggerdept]

#Barnett Newman #Onement V #1952