Artist: Barnett Newman
Date: 1968
Size: 183 x 214 cm
Technique: Oil On Canvas
A key painter, theorist, and chronicler of Abstract Expressionism, Newman was concerned primarily with color and proportion to produce abstract evocations of transcendence. A relatively late work, Shimmer Bright features two of the painter’s signature "zips," vertical bands that segment the picture plane, hovering together near the left side of the composition. The visual effect is the presence of four "zips," as the white space mimics the width of the ultramarine blue. The attention to the left side causes Shimmer Bright to appear unbalanced, and the right side consequently seems to open up into infinite space (in the form of a six-foot square). While Newman painted earlier "zips" with rougher edges, these are sharper and more aligned with the vocabulary of Minimalism.
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