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ARTISTS AND THE PAST

Barnett Newman said, “After the monstrosity of the war, what do we do? What is
there to paint? We have to start all over again.”

Can artists ever completely shed tradition to create a new kind of art? Or are artists
always bound to the art that came before them?

Reflect. Share your ideas in a one-page essay. Point to specific visual details in the
works of Newman and other Abstract Expressionist to support your argument.

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