Philosophy Without Words, Barnett Newman

I am interested in the idea of non-verbal philosophy, (In a pub!?).  There are ideas from the arts (say Bach’s working out fugues) that seem pointlessly literal if expressed in words.  Abstract painting is similar, so having been directed to a piece in Ethical Record recently I thought we could focus on an example, What Was Barnett Newman Doing?  Or maybe I mean trying to do.  There is a difference between depicting myself- as Rembrandt did and depicting my self, which might explain what Newman was doing.  What does a self look like, how does mine differ from yours … and what has paint got to do with it.  There might also be musical or even architectural analogies here- no harm in being ambitious!

I will not be bringing any reproductions of Newman paintings, but you could look at this http://www.wikiart.org/en/barnett-newman if you remember that the pictures are generally very much bigger than your laptop screen!

Date/Time
Date(s) - 26/04/2016 (Tuesday)
7.00 pm - 9.00 pm

Location
The Thornbury Castle

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