Some artists you enormously admire. For many people, Arshile Gorky is a loved one. And much of what makes him cherishable is distilled in “Ardent Nature: Arshile Gorky Landscapes, 1943-47,” an exhibition as manic and tender as a Schubert song cycle, at Hauser & Wirth’s Upper East Side space. And for a brief time, in the beauty of that natural setting, in the closeness of his family, he experienced bliss. There was a ground constantly giving shade where grew incalculable amounts of wild carrots, and porcupines had made their nest.

Source: New York Times December 07, 2017 09:56 UTC