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    Hamazkayin Heritage Committee
    And
    The Land and Culture Organization
    1155 N. Brand Blvd. Suite #600
    Glendale, Ca. 91202
    Contact: Tamar Kevonian
    818-425-1284
    [email protected]

    April 5, 2006

    Black Angel: The Double Life of Arshile Gorky

    Glendale, Ca. - Nouriza Matossian, author of Black Angel (Overlook
    Press, 2000), will make an appearance and sign copies of her book at
    Sardarabad Bookstore on Thursday, April 27 from 5-7 p.m. Two local
    non-profits, The Land and Culture Organization and the Hamazkaying
    Heritage Committee, have joined forces to bring this celebrated author
    to Los Angeles. Both organizations work to promote and preserve
    Armenian art, culture, and architecture in both the United States and
    Armenia. She will also perform her one-woman show at the Barnsdall
    Gallery Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, April 30, 2006, depicting the
    four female influences in Arshile Gorky's life.

    Arshile Gorky was one of the great painters of the 20th century. Born
    in western Armenia under the Ottoman Empire in 1902, he fled the
    aftermath of the 1915 Armenian Genocide at the age of 16. Upon his
    arrival in New York as a destitute refugee he refused to be identified
    as one of the `starving Armenians ' and subsequently changed his name
    from Manoug Adoian to Arshile Gorky and became the first Abstract
    Expressionist painter, launching the movement in the United States.

    Ignited by her fascination with his work which she saw as a teenager
    in London, fellow-Armenian Nouritza Matossian, wrote the definitive
    biographyBlack Angel: A Life of Arshile Gorky. Her family's similar
    experiences during 1915 and her ability to speak Armenian, gave
    Matossian unique access to the people and influences in Gorky's life
    during the 20 years she spent researching the book in Armenia, Turkey,
    France, England, Spain and the United States, thus giving the book a
    unique depth.

    Her quest for Gorky's lost history attracted director Atom Egoyan's
    attention and gave him a vehicle on which, not only to base his film
    Ararat, but to model his female lead, Ani, the author of the Arshile
    Gorky biography portrayed in the movie, on Matossian's own
    experiences.

    The lecture examines Gorkys true story. Matossians discusses her
    travels in Turkey and Armenia, her interviews and discoveries of
    forged letters. She discusses the importance of Gorky's art and
    repossessing the losthistory of Armenians.
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