The Whitney Museum of American Art chose six works from the Diocese's Gorky-Mooradian Collection for the exhibit-- Arshile Gorky:� A Retrospective of Drawings �on view through February 15, 2004.

Four of the drawings from the Gorky-Mooradian Collection in the Whitney exhibit are from the early part of Gorky's career and form a series of abstractions related to aerodynamic forms.� These works include

Aviation:� Evolution of Forms under Aerodynamic Limitations I

Aviation:� Evolution of Forms under Aerodynamic Limitations II

Aviation:� Evolution of Forms under Aerodynamic Limitations III

Aviation:� Evolution of Forms under Aerodynamic Limitations IV

In these works, Gorky provides a study of increasing abstraction and reduction of actual images into their most essential forms, while still infusing the work with strong emotion and sense of movement.

The other two works included in the Retrospective are from the period that most historians agree was the pinnacle of Gorky's career--the mid-1940's.� The first Daratsuyts (Calendar) is a vibrant crayon and pencil work.

The second drawing Khatchdzar (Tree of the Cross) is drawing filled with strong line and deep feeling.

Each of these works was given to the Diocese by Gorky's nephew Karlen Mooradian.� The Whitney Exhibit is the Diocese's first opportunity to share these treasures with a larger American audience.