Considering Gorky, It's His Portraits That Really Matter.(Arts&Entertainment)

The New York Observer (New York, NY) | April 22, 2002 | Copyright

Byline: Hilton Kramer

Has there ever before been an Arshile Gorky exhibition entirely devoted to the artist's portraits? I can't recall one, and a quick search through the Gorky literature hasn't turned up a single reference to such an exhibition. It's not hard to see why. Even before Gorky's death in 1948 at the age of 44, his principal claim to attention was taken to be his much-debated achievement as an abstract painter--as, indeed, one of the principal founders and shapers of the New York School in the 1940's. And in the 50-odd years since the artist's death, it ...

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