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Glendale News Press
March 05, 2005
The color of happiness
By Rima Shah, News-Press and Leader
A little bit of color can brighten up all kinds of places.
And when the place has a bright splashing of red, blue, green, white, orange
and yellow, not only does it make the place brighter, it creates a happy
mood.
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That is exactly what artist Vladamir Atanian had in mind.
His art project, hanging suspended from the walls of the Pacific Community
Center, will be dedicated during a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the
center.
"This composition is named 'Colorama,' " Atanian said. "It is colorful,
three-dimensional and creative."
Atanian was chosen through a regional competition to select artwork for the
Community Center's atrium, said Eve Rappoport, community services supervisor
for the city of Glendale.
"We wanted some artwork that would enliven the space," she said. "It's kind
of a static space, but it's an important space."
This permanent art project consists of nine colorful, geometric shapes
suspended by cables from atrium walls.
"It's a study in color, in geometry," Rappoport said.
While working on the project, Atanian had two constraints. The project
should not be kept on the floor, and it should not hang from the ceiling.
"Colorama" met both these constraints.
"They wanted it to be colorful, interesting and make the interior more
happy," said Atanian, who also runs a studio and art school in Glendale.
The project is actually a collaboration of four artists -- Atanian, his sons
Gor Atanian and Artak Atanyan, and a former student, Armen Kazanchyan.
"The main purpose of the composition is that when the kids see this stuff,
they get happier," Vladamir Atanian said. "I want to change the mood,
whatever people have, from watching this composition."
Atanian calls himself the artist of "green and red colors."
"Green colors symbolize life, and red colors symbolize happiness," he said.
"If you see these interiors without the project, these interiors are very
sad."
The project itself is a bright splash of red and green colors related to his
quest to make the mood in the atrium happy.
Atanian walked through the expanse of the project, pointing out the square,
circular and triangular figures that were suspended.
"If you look at it from here, it looks different," he said.
He walked further and pointed up to the project again.
"If you look at it from here, again it looks different," he said. "It looks
different from the top. It looks different from here."
The artist graduated from Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts before he
immigrated to the United States in 1993.
"I was a famous artist in Armenia and now I am a famous artist in the United
States," he said. "When I finish a big project, it is like having a new
baby. I made 60 babies like this all over the world."
The other project that will be dedicated is a quilt made by visitors during
the opening day of the Pacific Community Center in September 2003.
Each visitor was invited to make a square and the squares were put together
by artist Daniel Marlos.
March 05, 2005
The color of happiness
By Rima Shah, News-Press and Leader
A little bit of color can brighten up all kinds of places.
And when the place has a bright splashing of red, blue, green, white, orange
and yellow, not only does it make the place brighter, it creates a happy
mood.
advertisement
That is exactly what artist Vladamir Atanian had in mind.
His art project, hanging suspended from the walls of the Pacific Community
Center, will be dedicated during a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the
center.
"This composition is named 'Colorama,' " Atanian said. "It is colorful,
three-dimensional and creative."
Atanian was chosen through a regional competition to select artwork for the
Community Center's atrium, said Eve Rappoport, community services supervisor
for the city of Glendale.
"We wanted some artwork that would enliven the space," she said. "It's kind
of a static space, but it's an important space."
This permanent art project consists of nine colorful, geometric shapes
suspended by cables from atrium walls.
"It's a study in color, in geometry," Rappoport said.
While working on the project, Atanian had two constraints. The project
should not be kept on the floor, and it should not hang from the ceiling.
"Colorama" met both these constraints.
"They wanted it to be colorful, interesting and make the interior more
happy," said Atanian, who also runs a studio and art school in Glendale.
The project is actually a collaboration of four artists -- Atanian, his sons
Gor Atanian and Artak Atanyan, and a former student, Armen Kazanchyan.
"The main purpose of the composition is that when the kids see this stuff,
they get happier," Vladamir Atanian said. "I want to change the mood,
whatever people have, from watching this composition."
Atanian calls himself the artist of "green and red colors."
"Green colors symbolize life, and red colors symbolize happiness," he said.
"If you see these interiors without the project, these interiors are very
sad."
The project itself is a bright splash of red and green colors related to his
quest to make the mood in the atrium happy.
Atanian walked through the expanse of the project, pointing out the square,
circular and triangular figures that were suspended.
"If you look at it from here, it looks different," he said.
He walked further and pointed up to the project again.
"If you look at it from here, again it looks different," he said. "It looks
different from the top. It looks different from here."
The artist graduated from Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts before he
immigrated to the United States in 1993.
"I was a famous artist in Armenia and now I am a famous artist in the United
States," he said. "When I finish a big project, it is like having a new
baby. I made 60 babies like this all over the world."
The other project that will be dedicated is a quilt made by visitors during
the opening day of the Pacific Community Center in September 2003.
Each visitor was invited to make a square and the squares were put together
by artist Daniel Marlos.