“Without Gorky” documentary untangles mystery of artist’s historyJune 16, 2011 - 11:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Cosima Spender’s “Without Gorky” documentary about Armenian surrealist and abstract expressionist Arshile Gorky is a deeply personal exploration of buried memories and distant impressions that have pervaded her upbringing. Cosima’s Grandmother Mougouch met Gorky, 20 years her senior, at the age of 19. With a combination of archive footage, shots of paintings, her mother and aunt’s hazy memories, the film explores Gorky’s legacy, in the order that Mougouch came to know him. Gorky created a web of lies around himself, so extensive that Mougouch didn’t know his full background, or even real name until after his death. A series of unfortunate events unfolded during their relationship, leading to his suicide; his studio burnt down with many of his paintings, he underwent extensive surgery for cancer and broke his neck. The documentary untangles the mystery of Gorky’s history that led to his migration to New York and offers a sense of catharsis, and perhaps liberation from the turbulence and confusion lingering in Gorky’s shadow, littlewhitelies.co.uk reports. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |