Painting 1937

Arshile Gorky's 1937 abstract painting "Painting" demonstrates the artist's foray into biomorphic abstraction. The work features an array of organic shapes and forms, some resembling body parts or landscapes, painted with a bold and expressive palette of red, green, blue, black, and white. This painting, now in the Whitney Museum of American Art, showcases Gorky's exploration of subconscious imagery and his artistic evolution in the mid-1930s. Gorky's "Painting" represents his style shift away from earlier representational work, embracing the influence of Picasso and Surrealism.