The work of artist Barnett Newman (1905–70) has come to define the spiritual aspirations and material innovations of American painting in the mid 20th century. Large and bold vertical planes of colour, with thin upright lines that came to be known as ‘zips’, characterise Newman’s vocabulary of form.
This will be the first exhibition to focus on Newman’s production in the last five years of his life. It will present a focused selection of his paintings from 1965–70, alongside major paintings by Newman that were produced throughout his career from the Menil Collection and on loan from other important museums and private lenders in the United States and Europe. Significant loans include Day Before I (1951) and White Fire IV, from the Kunstmuseum, Basel.
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