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"ART WITHOUT BORDERS" EXHIBITION AIMS TO MITIGATE HOSTILITY
YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, NOYAN TAPAN. An exhibition "Art without Borders"
opened on August 4 at the Innovatory Experimental Art Center. The
exhibition features works of 25 artists from Armenia and three
neighboring countries: Iran, Turkey and Georgia. Paintings,
photos, videos, installations and mixed technics are on display. 6
participants are from Armenia, 7 - from Iran, 5 - from Georgia and
7 from Turkey. Azerbaijan also received an invitation to participate
in the exhibition but its delegates refused to come to Armenia. The
project head Eduard Balasanian said that the event aims to promote
contacts among artists of the neighboring countries and to mitigate
hostility by means of art.
"All works on display have a certain social, sometimes also political
implication," E. Balasanian said. Sonya Balasanian's "The Playground
of Crosshairs", which is a combination of video art and installation,
impresses by its unpredictablity. At first, some people's faces appear
above the small houses in a dark room, then a terrible crash is heard,
after which all the people are taken at aim. Sonya Balasanian said
that people should raise their voices against political, economic
and religious oppression. The painting of Iranian artist Khosrov
Hasan Zade depicts 16 prostitutes killed in Mashad, Iran's religious
capital. The pictures were made based on police photos. The work
"Stop: You are Surrounded" by Berat Isik (Turkey) is an example
of video art. It is a tragicomedy about the oppressed and their
oppressors. The exhibition will last until August 25, then it will
be held in Iran, Georgia and Russia.
YEREVAN, AUGUST 4, NOYAN TAPAN. An exhibition "Art without Borders"
opened on August 4 at the Innovatory Experimental Art Center. The
exhibition features works of 25 artists from Armenia and three
neighboring countries: Iran, Turkey and Georgia. Paintings,
photos, videos, installations and mixed technics are on display. 6
participants are from Armenia, 7 - from Iran, 5 - from Georgia and
7 from Turkey. Azerbaijan also received an invitation to participate
in the exhibition but its delegates refused to come to Armenia. The
project head Eduard Balasanian said that the event aims to promote
contacts among artists of the neighboring countries and to mitigate
hostility by means of art.
"All works on display have a certain social, sometimes also political
implication," E. Balasanian said. Sonya Balasanian's "The Playground
of Crosshairs", which is a combination of video art and installation,
impresses by its unpredictablity. At first, some people's faces appear
above the small houses in a dark room, then a terrible crash is heard,
after which all the people are taken at aim. Sonya Balasanian said
that people should raise their voices against political, economic
and religious oppression. The painting of Iranian artist Khosrov
Hasan Zade depicts 16 prostitutes killed in Mashad, Iran's religious
capital. The pictures were made based on police photos. The work
"Stop: You are Surrounded" by Berat Isik (Turkey) is an example
of video art. It is a tragicomedy about the oppressed and their
oppressors. The exhibition will last until August 25, then it will
be held in Iran, Georgia and Russia.