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THE GUIDE: EXHIBITIONS: MELIK OHANIAN, LONDON
by Jessica Lack
The Guardian (London)
December 9, 2006 Saturday
Melik Ohanian's epic video installation Seven Minutes Before is a
thrilling, dream-like narrative offering seven different perspectives
of a cataclysmic event. Set in southern France, the audience are
pitched into a world of biblical proportions in which a nomadic
preacher, a caged wolf and a speeding car are united as symbols of the
tragedy to come. Born in Lyon in 1969, Ohanian is of Armenian descent,
and this 21-minute film, part of his first UK solo exhibition, reveals
an artist who can weave complex ideas into an engaging narrative.
South London Gallery, SE5, to Dec 22
by Jessica Lack
The Guardian (London)
December 9, 2006 Saturday
Melik Ohanian's epic video installation Seven Minutes Before is a
thrilling, dream-like narrative offering seven different perspectives
of a cataclysmic event. Set in southern France, the audience are
pitched into a world of biblical proportions in which a nomadic
preacher, a caged wolf and a speeding car are united as symbols of the
tragedy to come. Born in Lyon in 1969, Ohanian is of Armenian descent,
and this 21-minute film, part of his first UK solo exhibition, reveals
an artist who can weave complex ideas into an engaging narrative.
South London Gallery, SE5, to Dec 22