Barnett Newman: Selected Writings and Interviews

About this book

Barnett Newmans writings reveal him to be an impassioned and articulate analyst of art and society who never hesitated to make his views known and always stood by them. To understand Newmans unique place in the culture of the twentieth century we must know both his paintings and his wordsa knowledge made possible by this long-awaited volume. "Barnett Newman 1905-1970 was a thinker who chose to develop his ideas both in painting and in writing. He was also a citizen who made his acts of painting and writing political. And he was an artist."Richard Schiff from the Introduction