June 6, 2012.
Me in my reading spot. What can you tell me about this book? Any good? I haven’t really read it yet.
Daily Studio Photograph. June 6, 2012.
Painter's Progress
Works in progress by Stephen B. MacInnis
June 6, 2012.
Me in my reading spot. What can you tell me about this book? Any good? I haven’t really read it yet.
Painter's Progress 
In this first full-scale biography of the artist Robert Hughes called “a kind of Bridge of Sighs between Surrealism and America,” Nouritza Matossian charts the life of Arshile Gorky, one of the most mysterious of major twentieth-century artists. Born in Armenia, he survived the Turkish genocide begun in 1915 and arrived in America in 1920. One of the first abstract expressionists, he was a major influence on the New York art scene, which included de Kooning, Rothko, Pollock, and others. After a devastating series of illnesses, injuries, and personal setbacks, he committed suicide at the age of 46. In “Black Angel,” Nouritza Matossian uses for the first time Gorky’s original letters in Armenian and other new source material, writing with authority and insight about the powerful influence Gorky’s Armenian heritage had upon his painting. She also provides an informed and important critique of the entire body of Gorky’s major work.
I haven’t read it either, but it sounds interesting.
Mike
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I’ve started reading it. It’s very interesting, and he’s a great painter.
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I love Gorky’s work…didn’t know about his sad life story.
Interesting how the toys at your feet keep mutating.
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I’m not the one plying with the toys. I swear!
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Black Angel :The Life of Arshile Gorky looks like a must read. Have always loved his work too.
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I’ve started reading it, and so far it’s very good. A very tragic early life. I’ve always loved his work too.
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Ron Burgundy: Art and Vulture.
I win!
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