Adel Gorgy

For many years, the subject of my art has been art itself. In my new work Traces of Pollock, de Kooning and Warhol, I merge the conceptual with the visual, as I explore the works of abstract artists in ways that redefine the originals while adding their own distinct viewpoint. Abstracting Abstraction' is a natural continuation of previous work in which I abstracted the imagery of Van Gogh, Monet, Matisse, Picasso and others. Now, I pose the question of whether abstract work can be abstracted. Can conceptual work be abstracted? Can a vision encompass art, nature and self? The answer is a resounding yes. To abstract existing works of art, I use my own photographic techniques to reconstruct, recontextualize and recompose what I sees into complex, detailed photographs rich with imagery and meaning. My work has been exhibited in museums and galleries nationally and internationally, but this collection will debut on Long Island, NY where I currently live and work

My studies in comparative art, spirituality, astronomy and human history color my work and are important threads in the fabric of who I am.Photography has been part of me all my life. It is my way of heightening awareness and overcoming the apathy resulting from the comfort ...

REVIEWS
2018
Long Island Pulse Magazine, Adel Gorgy's Way of Seeing, Rachel Bosworth, April 4, 2018
2018
Woman Around Town. Abstracting Art ... A New Way of Seeing, March 14, 2018
Long Island Pulse Magazine, March 2016, Bridget Shirvell
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Woman Around Town, January 23, Tamara Moskowitz
Crossing Lines- New Prespectives by Visionary Artists Open in Chelsea
Central to Adel Gorgy’s work is making art where the subject is the art and possibilities are limited only by the imagination.

Long Island Pulse Insider, January 2015, Bridget Shirvell
The Many Layers of Adel Gorgy, by Bridget Shirvell
In a series of stunning large format photographs on display now at the Able Fine Art NY Gallery, the Long Island based artist asks the viewer to explore a world of infinite possibilities; the boundaries between painting and photography, how we experience art and if it’s possible to see in works of art something other than what the artist intended.

ARTslant, January 15, 2015, Mary Gregory
Adel Gorgy builds on the work he presented in his solo exhibition last year at Able of large format abstract photographs from the series Abstracting Abstraction, in which he intentionally blurs the ...

Solo Exhibitions
ADEL GORGY - ABSTRACTING ART…A WAY OF SEEING, Kellenberg Gallery, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY 2018

ADEL GORGY - MEDITATION IN FIVE DIMENSIONS…MANDALAS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, Atrium Gallery, Morristown, NJ 2017

ADEL GORGY – Art about Art ... Da Vinci to Matisse and Warhol, RETROSPECTIVE, Edward Williams Gallery,Fairleigh Dickinson University, Mar.-May, 2015

TRACES OF POLLOCK, DE KOONING AND WARHOL - Abstract Photographic Works by Adel GORGY, ABLE FINE ART NY Gallery, Chelsea, New York, Dec 4-31, 2013

ABSTRACTING ABSTRACTION – TRACES OF POLLOCK, DE KOONING AND WARHOL, And Other Works BAFFA Gallery, Sayville, NY October, 2013
Press Release

SEEING ART ANEW AND OTHER WORKS, Atrium Gallery, Morristown, NJ Jan. 23 – March 12, 2012

RHYTHMS…WINTER TO FALL AND OTHER WORKS, BAFFA Gallery, Sayville, NY Oct 1 – 16, 2011

COLORS OF SHADOW AND OTHER WORKS, Clifton Arts Center & Sculpture Park, Clifton, NJ, Jan. – Feb, 2011

Two and Three Person Exhibitions

2015
CROSSING LINES, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, Chelsea, NY
TWICE ABSTRACTED, Abstract Expressions Gallery, Mount Holly, NJ,
2014
REVERBERATIONS, Able Fine Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 ...