#onement vi

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this post made me so angry genuinely

anyway here’s a screenshot of a nyt article detailing the piece. i cant access the whole article unfortunately

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Jacquemus, “Le Splash”, Spring Summer 2022 Show VS Barnett Newman, Onement VI, 1953

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Barnett Newman: "Onement VI" (1953) [Oil on Canvas. 8.5x10ft.] Sold for USD$43.84 Million

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Barnett Newman  (American, 1905–1970)

“Onement VI”

oil on canvas 259.1 x 304.8 cm

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/arts/melikian

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When I think of art, I think of Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh, I think of “The Starry Night” and “Mona Lisa”. Each of these elements represents classic pieces and artists that truly exemplify what it means to paint real art. Nowadays modern art has branched away from such beautiful work to a more...

“Onement VI” by Barnett Newman which recently sold for 43.8 million dollars has left me feeling completely and utterly hopeless for any future masterpieces in the world of modern art that can be compared to van Gogh. “Onement VI” is literally a white stripe on a dark blue canvas. This piece sold for 43.8 million dollars! For a stripe on a blue canvas!

When I read the news article covering it I was angry to say the least and shocked that someone would be stupid enough to pay that much for a painting. Newman completed the painting in 1953 and the seller, Sotheby’s described the painting as “Newman overwhelms and seduces the viewer with the totality of its sensual, cascading washes of vibrant blue coexisting with Newman’s vertical “Sign” of the human presence, his iconic and revolutionary “zip.” How on Earth the art seller received this from a white stripe on a blue canvas is beyond me.

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“Onement VI”. Barnett Newman. 2013. Oil on Canvas.

You might recognize this piece as the one that sold for $43.8 million and surely made you wistfully think, “Well, I can do that.” And you most certainly could have, but like the modern artists before him, Newman took the notion of simplicity and corporealized it. 

Using color theory as a foundation, Newman took a color known for it’s association with calmness, serenity, and responsibility, and combined it with a clever use of form to create a piece visually calming to observe. The white line, similar to Mondrian’s use of varied-rectangle sizes, washes away any suggestion of monotony to ensure that “Onement VI” doesn’t bore but relaxes. 

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Onement VI

Barnett Newman

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Onement VI: un quadro eterno.

Onement VI: un quadro eterno.

L’arte, come l’amore, è. Non ha utilità ed è per questo che è indispensabile in quanto priva di un qualsiasi legame d’obbedienza. Un quadro che rappresenta emozioni (fra cui drammi di guerra) è Onement VI; questo è stato acquistato all’asta dalla Lady Rossa (mrs. Prada) per la modica -si fa per dire- cifra di 34 milioni di euro. Su questo quadro si sono levate numerose critiche. Inizialmente…

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