Rethinking Arshile Gorky
Theriault, Kim S. (Dominican University)![Rethinking Arshile Gorky](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/499/4993831/CHSBZCOP034993831.jpg)
Often referred to as the last Surrealist and first Abstract Expressionist, Arshile Gorky (c. 19001948) appears as an interstice within art historys linear progression. Gorky embraced dream imagery in the tradition of the Surrealists, used all-over patterning before Jackson Pollock, promoted disembodied color before Mark Rothko, exploited the physicality of paint before Willem de Kooning, and anticipated stain painting. His lifeescaping the Arm...