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ORIGINALS OF 21 WORKS BY ARSHILE GORKY SHOWN FOR FIRST TIME IN ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
Nov 9, 2009
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Public's entrance to Cafesjian
Center for the Arts to see the exhibitions presented there was free on
November 8. American Armenian benefactor Gerald Cafesjian's address
at the center's opening ceremony mentioned that the agreements he
reached with RA President Robert Kocharian 6 years ago were very
important for the successful end of the Cascade Complex construction.
Works from American Armenian benefactor's private collection, nearly
5000 works are presented in most part of center's exhibition halls,
including works by Czech couple Stanislav Libenski and Jaroslava
Brikhtova, American vanguardist Dale Chihuly's Persian Series glass
works, Czech Jaromir Ribak's, Japanese Tadushi Sumi's, Swedish Bertil
Valien's works. G. Cafesjian's collection is also rich in sculptures
and paintings by Fernando Botero, Arshile Gorky and Andy Warhol,
surrealistic works by Barry Flanagan and Ann Wrilink.
Prominent Armenian painter Grigor Khanjian's famous monumental
tripicture, Armenian Alphabet, Avarayr, and Armenian Revival are
presented in an individual exhibition hall in the center. It is
the first time Arshile Gorky's 21 original works, mainly drawings,
as well as some oil paintings are shown in Armenia.
It should be mentioned that except the exhibition hall on center's
ground floor and Grigor Khanjian's exhibition hall, entrance to other
exhibition halls will cost 1000 drams, for old people it will amount
to 750 drams (nearly 2 USD), for students 800 drams, and entrance
for children aged 12 and below will be free.
Noyan Tapan
Nov 9, 2009
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Public's entrance to Cafesjian
Center for the Arts to see the exhibitions presented there was free on
November 8. American Armenian benefactor Gerald Cafesjian's address
at the center's opening ceremony mentioned that the agreements he
reached with RA President Robert Kocharian 6 years ago were very
important for the successful end of the Cascade Complex construction.
Works from American Armenian benefactor's private collection, nearly
5000 works are presented in most part of center's exhibition halls,
including works by Czech couple Stanislav Libenski and Jaroslava
Brikhtova, American vanguardist Dale Chihuly's Persian Series glass
works, Czech Jaromir Ribak's, Japanese Tadushi Sumi's, Swedish Bertil
Valien's works. G. Cafesjian's collection is also rich in sculptures
and paintings by Fernando Botero, Arshile Gorky and Andy Warhol,
surrealistic works by Barry Flanagan and Ann Wrilink.
Prominent Armenian painter Grigor Khanjian's famous monumental
tripicture, Armenian Alphabet, Avarayr, and Armenian Revival are
presented in an individual exhibition hall in the center. It is
the first time Arshile Gorky's 21 original works, mainly drawings,
as well as some oil paintings are shown in Armenia.
It should be mentioned that except the exhibition hall on center's
ground floor and Grigor Khanjian's exhibition hall, entrance to other
exhibition halls will cost 1000 drams, for old people it will amount
to 750 drams (nearly 2 USD), for students 800 drams, and entrance
for children aged 12 and below will be free.