Barnett Newman’s abstract paintings are often explicitly linked to biblical narratives by their titles. In particular Newman regularly revisits the Genesis creation story. In the wake of the destruction of the Holocaust, Newman sets out to tell a revitalized story of creation in order to establish a new artistic beginning for the Jewish people (and modernism) in twentieth century New York. Through careful and nuanced visual analysis of Newman’s Genesis paintings, it is possible to construct a detailed mystical retelling of the creation story that is rooted in Jewish scriptures and develops a new receptive tradition. These paintings give Newman the opportunity to recreate the world through proverbial wisdom, Kabalistic mysticism, and Hebrew scriptures in order to create a new and hopeful vision for the future in the wake of tragedy.

Barnett Newman 的抽象画通常通过标题明确地与圣经叙事联系起来。尤其是纽曼经常重温创世纪的创造故事。在大屠杀毁灭之后，纽曼开始讲述一个振兴的创作故事，以便为 20 世纪纽约的犹太人（和现代主义）建立一个新的艺术开端。通过对纽曼的创世纪画作细致细致的视觉分析，可以对植根于犹太经文并发展出新的接受传统的创作故事进行详细的神秘复述。这些画作让纽曼有机会通过众所周知的智慧、卡巴拉神秘主义和希伯来语经文重建世界，以便在悲剧发生后为未来创造一个新的、充满希望的愿景。