Painted canvas fragment c. 20th century

Editor: Here we have Barnett Newman's "Painted Canvas Fragment." It's just a small piece, fiery red, like a lost ember. What secrets do you think this scrap holds? Curator: Secrets? Perhaps. Or maybe just a shout, a primal scream distilled into pure color. Newman was after the sublime, you know, that overwhelming sense of awe. Does this little fragment evoke that for you? Editor: I get a sense of boldness, definitely. But sublime? Isn't it too small, too...incomplete? Curator: Ah, but isn't life itself a fragment? Newman challenged us to find the infinite in the finite. Maybe this little red shard is a reminder that even the smallest thing can contain a universe. Editor: I never thought about it that way! It's like a tiny, intense portal. Thanks, I'm seeing this in a new light. Curator: My pleasure. It is fun to think about a shard having the universe within it!