Igor Gorsky

Works
  • Igor Gorsky, Biomorphic Flight, 2012
    Biomorphic Flight, 2012
  • Igor Gorsky, Biomorphic Moment, 1995
    Biomorphic Moment, 1995
  • Igor Gorsky, Inner Flower, 2004
    Inner Flower, 2004
  • Igor Gorsky, Blue Light, 2010
    Blue Light, 2010
  • Igor Gorsky, Birthing, 2008
    Birthing, 2008
  • Igor Gorsky, Longer Flight, 2005
    Longer Flight, 2005
  • Igor Gorsky, Rolling Moon, 2008
    Rolling Moon, 2008
  • Igor Gorsky, Red Light, 1998
    Red Light, 1998
  • Igor Gorsky, Pear Flight, 2008
    Pear Flight, 2008
Overview

Igor Gorsky’s path to becoming an Abstract Expressionist painter was extraordinary. Born George Vassilopoulos in Athens in 1936, he was an engineer, economics theorist and pioneering member of the think tank that created the Nasdaq securities exchange in 1971 and didn’t become an artist until the age of 52. 

The decision to become an artist happened in 1988, when aged 52 he fell in love with Evita Myriam, a deeply spiritual Greek artist, who recognised his artistic talent. He soon developed an obsession with painting, working all night and developing a technique that involved boldly splashing and pouring car enamel onto canvas until he achieved the visual effects for which he was striving. “He moved like a ballet dancer, like Nureyev,” recalled Evita, “whom he had met when he was very young.”