Movie Details
Original Language:English
Arshile Gorky The EyeSpring
DirectorCosima Spender
20 min
Plot
The eye spring Andre Breton once said of his friend Gorky is for me the first painter to whom this secret has been completely revealed A seminal figure in the shift to abstraction that transformed twentiethcentury American art this documentary provides an introduction to the career influence and powerful visual language of Arshile Gorky 1904 1948 The EyeSpring is directed by Gorkys granddaughter Cosima Spender and was first screened alongside last years retrospective exhibition at Ca Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art in Venice Presenting over eighty paintings and works on paper Arshile Gorky 19041948 was the first Italian museum survey dedicated to the artist shedding light on the Gorkys early artistic dialogue with Cezanne and his later influence on abstract expressionism
