Book Review: Arshile Gorky’s New York in Image and Memory

Arshile Gorky, Sunset in Central Park, 1931. Oil on canvas, 24 ½ x 30 ½ in., Myron Kunin Collection of American Art, Minneapolis.

A bold abstract painting by Arshile Gorky on a deep orange background features dynamic, interlocking shapes in red, black, white and gray, resembling fragmented figures or objects in motion.

“Arshile Gorky: New York City,” published by Hauser & Wirth, offers a vivid window into the artist’s lived experience of the city that shaped him—a place where he forged lasting friendships, held breakthrough exhibitions and created some of his most astonishing work.

Book Review: Arshile Gorky’s New York in Image and Memory