Philadelphia Art Museum will host a retrospective of renowned artist Arshile Gorky, Armenian-born American Abstract Expressionist Painter, one of the founders of abstract surrealism movement. The exhibition commences October 21, 2009 – January 10, 2010 further to be moved to Tate Modern, London where it will be shown from February 10 – to May 3, 2010.

This exhibition surveys Gorky’s entire career from early 1920s until his death in 1948 and includes around 180 works of art: paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings – some them are exhibited for the first time.

“Arshile Gorky is a seminal figure in the movement toward abstraction that transformed American art. This comprehensive retrospective is the first full-scale survey of Gorky’s work in nearly thirty years, thus providing a new generation of viewers with the opportunity to see this complex, influential, and deeply moving body of work,” Philadelphia Art Museum website reads.

A Retrospective is organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Tate Modern, London and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.