Barnett Newman - ’Stations of the Cross: Lema Sabachthani, the First Station’ - 1958
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“The hard black stripe at the left in The First Station has an absolute ring of spirituality coming through the blackness and across the white field toward the right edge, where the more clouded human doubts about death and the condemnation seem to reside. In most of “The Stations of the Cross,” one may speculate that the left edge seems to address the eternal question: “why?”; whereas the right edge of the canvas suggests earthbound associations, human concerns - and there is a constant dialog between right and left.” - From Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being, Fineberg.
