Tracking Down Guiltless Doves
- Artist
- Arshile Gorky
- Date
- 1936
- Style
- Cubism
- Genre
- Abstract
- Location
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
"Tracking Down Guiltless Doves" is an enchanting painting that intertwines elements of Cubism and Abstract art. Its largely cubist form, characterized by geometric shapes and intersecting planes, renders the traditionally soft and elegant doves in a non-realist manner. The abstract component of the painting presents itself through the unconventional use of space, color, and non-representational images, thus transcending straightforward interpretation. The harmonious overlap of these artistic styles within the painting creates a sense of distorted reality, an eerie yet captivating image of innocence pursued.
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