Word: vartoosh
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...accented by being presented against a different--colored background. This technique is apparent in Calendars, a charcoal drawing in the exhibition where ambiguous forms interweave and recede into the background. Although Gorky's manipulation of abstract shapes is imaginative, his portraits display a more impressive versatility. Portrait of Vartoosh (his sister with whom he fled from Turkish Armenia) makes use of uncommonly bold pencil lines that stand out individually and blend to form a unified composition. Gorky chooses a different approach for the portrait of his mother. Here there are no discrete lines; the features are formed by altering...
...VARTOOSH MOORADIAN