Thought Row Blog — Arshile Gorky

Warning! Spirits in a Work of Art May be Attracted to You: Have you ever looked at a painting so intensely that when you walked away, you felt like it was following you all the way home. Hour after hour you found that the image was ever present in your mind's eye. That seemingly innocent work of art had some mysterious energy, and you, unwittingly became its host. . The art world is filled with contradictions. Some are so incomprehensible, that they challenge even the most logical explanations. Paintings are particularly good at connecting with viewers. Some people look at...