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Media Contact: Jenna Fogle
Clifford Public Relations
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MARO GORKY EXHIBItION TO PREMIERE IN lOS ANGELES
Renowned Painter to Make U.S. Solo Show Debut
Los Angeles, CA (October 2004) S.B. Fine Art is proud to welcome painter
Maro Gorky, daughter of famed abstract-expressionist founder Arshile
Gorky, to Los Angeles to celebrate her first U.S. solo show. This
exhibition of works, mostly vibrant landscapes dating from the late
1990s to the present, will be on display on December 2nd and 3rd, 2004.
Curated by Silva Bezdikian, S.B. Fine Art founder and owner, the show
will include 31 pieces of Maros works and will be available to the
public. The Gorky exhibition, like others that Ms. Bezdikian has
hosted, promises to be an inspiring cultural affair, drawing an eclectic
crowd of collectors, academics, art-world cognoscenti and bon vivants.
“Maro’s landscapes are a genuine synthesis of art and nature, says
Bezdikian. Their simplicity and purity penetrates deeply into the
viewers senses as they travel subconsciously through the art historical
pathway.
A Life of Art
Gorky was born in New York in 1943, and her artistic inspiration dates
from a very early age. She was profoundly influenced by her father, and
by the works of early Renaissance masters Mantegna and Uccello, as well
as 20th-Century icons Picasso, Mir and Klee. After her fathers tragic
suicide in 1948, when Gorky was just five years old, her mother moved
the family to Europe. Gorkys education was undertaken in France, Spain,
Italy and England, culminating with the study of art ! at the
prestigious Slade School of Fine Art at the University College London,
where she graduated with a B.A. in Fine Art in 1965.
Gorky married sculptor and writer Matthew Spender, son of famed English
poet Sir Stephen Spender, in 1967, and soon moved to San Sano, Italy, an
idyllic hillside town near Sienna. Their villa, whose vistas have
inspired much of Gorkys work, was captured beautifully in Bernardo
Bertoluccis 1996 film Stealing Beauty. The creati! ve couple, whose
impressive pedigree proves to be an art form of its own, still reside
there today.
Gorkys style, although somewhat inspired by Cubist space, particularly
in her use of multiple optical perspectives and flat surfaces, remains
perfectly simple. It has been said that she sees the world as she
paints it. The non-essential isnt purposely eliminated from Gorkys
work; it just isnt there.
The upcoming exhibition offers a representative display of her vibrant,
organic landscape works, such as Spring Olive, Winter Light, August
Beach, Brave New World: Summer, and Brave New World: Spring. The
event is free and open to the public.
About S.B. Fine Art
Previous S.B. Fine Art shows have included painters Jean Jansem and John
Altoon. Coming exhibitions will showcase photographer Aris IIiopulos,
as well as sculptors Julie Speidel and Matthew Spender. Bezdikian
serves as a consultant to private clients in a broad range of art
collecting activities, providing access to both information and art. In
addition, she promotes major exhibitions for leading international
artists.
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For more information about S.B. Fine Art and the Maro Gorky show,
including images, or Albert Boimes and Matthew Spenders complete essays
on Maro Gorky, please contact
Jenna Fogle at 323.966.4600 x104 or jenna.fogle@cliffordpr.com