Films Beyond The Limit Behind the story of a newly discovered painting by Arshile Gorky, hidden in plain sight Arshile Gorky: Beyond The Limit 2021, 18 min Directed by Cosima Spender Edited by Valerio Bonelli Produced by Peacock Pictures Courtesy The Arshile Gorky Foundation Related Exhibitions Arshile Gorky Beyond The Limit Related Artists Arshile Gorky Related Publications Arshile Gorky: Beyond The Limit ‘I like painting because it’s something I can never come to the end of. . . . The thing to do is always to keep starting to paint, never finish painting’—Arshile Gorky During conservation of Arshile Gorky’s 1947 painting ‘The Limit,’ another work by Gorky was discovered beneath it on the same original stretcher. Bearing a clear relationship to the series of drawings the artist produced in the summer of 1946 on a property owned by the family of his wife, Mougouch, in rural Virginia, the new work, ‘Untitled (Virginia Summer)’ (ca. 1946–47), provides fresh insight into the nuances of Gorky’s mature style. On the occasion of a special exhibition of these two works side-by-side, along with six other drawings Gorky produced during that summer in Virginia, Cosima Spender and Valerio Bonelli have produced a film chronicling this discovery and the context in which Gorky produced these works. Also accompanying the exhibition is a new publication by Hauser & Wirth Publishers, ‘Arshile Gorky: Beyond The Limit,’ which features contributions from Parker Field, Managing Director of the Arshile Gorky Foundation, and art historian Pepe Karmel. As Karmel writes in his essay, ‘The unanticipated discovery of a major painting by Arshile Gorky, hidden behind another canvas, reaffirms Gorky’s central place in the New York School.’ Arshile Gorky, Untitled (Virginia Summer), c. 1946 – 1947 ©The Arshile Gorky Foundation / Artists Rights Society. Photo: Jon Etter Gorky drawing in a field, Crooked Run Farm, Virginia, summer 1944. Photo: Mougouch Gorky © Estate of Agnes Fielding, courtesy the Arshile Gorky Foundation — ‘Arshile Gorky: Beyond The Limit’ is on view at Hauser & Wirth New York, 16 November – 23 December 2021. Related Stories About About Hauser & Wirth Ursula Hauser Collection Residencies News Careers Community Support Customer Service Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy Contact Be the first to know updates about Hauser & Wirth Subscribe Copyright © 2021 Hauser & Wirth