Barnett Newman
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The main aim of the article is to explore the conceptual genesis of Barnett Newman’s artistic «sublime». To do this, ample attention is paid to a 1947 critical text in which Newman articulates in philosophical terms a polarity that will... more
A conversation on the definition of art, the interpretation of art, and the usefulness of aesthetics.
Il saggio ripercorre alcune declinazioni contemporanee della categoria del sublime all'interno della cultura americana, analizzando diversi mezzi espressivi (pittura, fotografia, cinema). A partire dalla poetica di alcuni artisti legati... more
Puts the Who's Afraid paintings in the context of Margaret Mead's "prefigurative" inter-generational society, and discusses the works in terms of the changing geography of downtown Manhattan.
Just as Kabbalah appears as a multicolored patchwork in the spiritual life of the twentieth and twenty-first century, Kabbalah has impacted on art. Kabbalistic elements are found in different movements and styles, both in abstract works... more
Ο Piet Mondrian και οι αμερικάνοι ζωγράφοι της δεκαετίας του 1960: ο χώρος και ο θεατής, Ιστορία της Τέχνης, τ. 8 (Καλοκαίρι 2019): 51-81.
Art and spirituality go hand in hand.
master thesis. barnett newman. artist's writings. abstract expressionism. subject matter. transcendence. viewers experience.
This comparative study of Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman and Donald Judd's personal libraries questions the role of reading process and books collecting in their respective art work. This essay evaluates the library as part of the studio... more
Cosa significa dire che un'opera d'arte è "ebraica"? E qual è stato l'apporto della teoria dell'arte propria dell'ebraismo alle innovazioni linguistiche introdotte dagli autori ebrei nel sistema dell'arte del XX Secolo? Partendo da... more
In this article, I focus on selected aspects of the postmodern model of reception of the color field painting, which I call "figures of the unpresentable". Subsequently, I will demonstrate them in the changing history of the painting of... more
À l’intérieur du panorama de la peinture abstraite américaine des années quarante et cinquante du vingtième siècle, la catégorie du sublime a connu une reformulation critique marquée par les textes de Barnett Newman, « The sublime is now... more
In his essay on Barnett Newman in Painting as Model, ‘Perceiving Newman’, Bois accounts for the appeal of Newman’s address by positing that the artist’s work invokes ‘a world-for-us, neither the “objective” world described by mathematics... more
This essay discusses the development of abstract painting in the twentieth century through the lens of artistic process. Before the invention of pressure-sensitive tape in the United States in the 1930s, abstract painters were limited to... more
В статье рассматривается художественное течение абстрактного экспрессионизма в контексте их представлений о Возвышенном. Приводится их критика кантовского понятия «прекрасного», их теория сопоставляется с понятием «возвышенного» у Канта.... more
Resumen: A partir de una serie de pinturas murales que el artista estadounidense Mark Rothko realizó en los años 1963-66 para una capilla que lleva su nombre en la ciudad de Houston (Texas), se establece un recorrido por la teología... more
Since its emergence as an aesthetic category in the mid-twentieth century, minimalism has been contentious amongst scholars of all forms of art. It has been alternately celebrated, questioned, and condemned by not only its critics, but... more
Dos eventos, aparentemente distantes uno del otro y sin vínculos directos entre ellos, pero sin embargo estrictamente relacionados por un legado espiritual común, constituyen el tema de este trabajo. El primero, tuvo lugar en 1971, cuando... more
English version of interview with curator of Andrzej Wróblewski's exhibition in MoMA Warsaw (spring 2015)
Desde la Antgüedad, el cielo ha sido una de las temáticas más recurrentes en la historia del arte. Si bien se le suele adscribir a las corrientes artísticas tradicionales, este texto versará sobre el inicio de la abstracción a principios... more
In occasioni di presentazione di una mostra e di un’artista, la pittrice Giovanna Rasario, c’è sempre un divario nella lettura critica, quasi poli opposti, con in mezzo molte le sfumature. Cioè scegliere tra la storia e la presentazione... more
Newman’s zips act as a kind of intervention or temporal event that differentiates the canvas, preventing Being from falling into the anonymous and impersonal il y a. The zip is what might be described as ecstatic temporality (ecstatic... more
One does not have to look up to the sky as a jaywalker in order to stumble. Sometimes, all it takes is to be in a gallery, enjoying the artworks, until you bump into a sculpture. This was at least the view of one of the most important... more
Abstract in English
of M.A. Thesis (in Hebrew)
of M.A. Thesis (in Hebrew)
Los lenguajes artísticos del siglo XX pueden ser leídos como el intento de desocupar el espacio del arte para proponer una nueva forma de habitar el mundo. El Friso de los apóstoles de la Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Aránzazu esculpido... more
"The irascibles" and the museum: artists, patrons, collectors, and curators.
Présentation du numéro de la revue.
The "Abstract Sublime" et l’actualité du sublime dans l’école de New York - À l’intérieur du panorama de la peinture abstraite américaine des années 40 et 50 du vingtième siècle, la catégorie du sublime a connu une reformulation critique... more
Discusses the concept of the "unfinished" as it pertains to abstract painting and the work of Barnett Newman.
La presente investigación se encuentra dividida en dos partes: en la primera realizo un abordaje de las formulaciones modernas de lo sublime; mientrasque en la segunda centro la atención en las reapropiaciones contemporáneas. Creo que... more
The article at hand discusses a methodological question in aesthetics and art philosophy which applies to the analysis of concepts that cross through diferent historical contexts. The selected theme was a dispute for a historic aliance of... more
A catalog for Alberto Giacommetti's exhibition at Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, 1948 reveals relationships between phenomenology, existentialism and psychoanalysis.
Barnett Newman’s abstract paintings are often explicitly linked to biblical narratives by their titles. In particular Newman regularly revisits the Genesis creation story. In the wake of the destruction of the Holocaust, Newman sets out... more
Given as a talk at the Philadelphia Museum, published by them a year later. Talks about the onomatopoeia of Newman's Zip in the context of sixties interjection culture.
The painting of Don Shambroom Don Shambroom and his work looms large in my blogging that started in 2012. Mostly his opinions that have been shared with me either at visits to his studio on the Millers River in Massachusetts, via email or... more
En 1948, Barnett Newman peint Onement I et introduit dans sa peinture une grande bande verticale baptisée « zip ». La bande de peinture répond à des préoccupations théoriques philosophiques fondamentales que l’artiste pense depuis... more
Distinguishing between the theory and the practice of art may afford artists a conceptual break, a creative opening through which the boldest of them take the risks necessary to find original ways to obtain images yet to be grasped.... more
La constitution d’une avant-garde artistique américaine après 1945 s’inscrit moins en filiation avec l’héritage européen qu’une volonté de faire rupture, de repartir à l’origine du fait pictural allant jusqu’à questionner le concept du «... more