Barnett Newman.. some of his stuff is awesome, some I'm not such a fan of. I do love his Stations of the Cross though. He was raised Jewish, and lived around the time of the second world war, so he lost family in the Holocaust and it really affected him. He saw the Stations of the Cross as this kind of universal beacon of hope and was struggling with how to deal with the war and what it meant so this series was the result. He of course was a color field painter who was known for his "zips" (large paintings with a thin line, or "zip" of color). I wish I had more time to talk about this but I don't, so please enjoy a few of this series. (one and two)
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