Organization 1936

Editor: So here we have Arshile Gorky’s “Organization,” painted in 1936. It’s a painting that looks like a playful arrangement of shapes and colours… kind of like someone let loose with stencils! What do you make of it? Curator: It’s fascinating, isn't it? Gorky was straddling worlds here. It looks a bit like Leger or Miro. He’s wrestling with the geometric language of Cubism. It makes me wonder what he’s organizing, doesn't it? Forms? Ideas? His own artistic identity, perhaps? Editor: An artistic identity crisis? That makes it sound almost autobiographical. Curator: Art is always biographical. Even in the abstract! The way he balances the rigid geometry with those biomorphic shapes…there’s tension, a kind of push and pull. Do you feel it? It’s like he’s trying to contain something organic within a constructed order. The colours too! Earthy hues alongside industrial shades. Editor: Yes, I can see that. I hadn't really noticed the tension between the shapes before. It makes me see it in a completely different light. Curator: That’s the magic, isn’t it? Seeing something new each time. Editor: Definitely. Now I’m seeing this as way more than just colourful stencils, but an emotional puzzle. Curator: Precisely. An exquisite organisation of feelings, maybe.