Ron Gorchov

Ron Gorchov uniquely merged elements of sculpture and abstract painting: His signature canvases are curved, like saddles or shields, and feature spare, colorful, biomorphic forms, often paired and painted atop fields of color. His surfaces appear bold, raw, and brushy, with a cartoonish edge. Gorchov’s embrace of shaped canvases placed him in league with fellow artists such as Frank Stella, Blinky Palermo, Elizabeth Murray, and Ellsworth Kelly, yet his singular, twinned geometries set him apart. Gorchov’s work has been exhibited in New York, London, Brussels, Paris, and Los Angeles. His pieces have sold for up to six figures at auction and belong in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Everson Museum of Art.