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ALMA TO DISPLAY DR. JACK KEVORKIAN'S PAINTING "1915 GENOCIDE 1945" IN APRIL
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00:20 06.12.2012
The Armenian Library and Museum of America has a rich collection of
illuminated manuscripts and a catalog of portrait photographs of some
of the 20th century's leading figures, but the grisly paintings by Dr.
Death himself, assisted-suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian, continue
to be a draw, boston.com writes.
After a year of legal wrangling with the Kevorkian estate, the museum
has managed to keep four of the 17 paintings by the late pathologist
it had been holding. Under a settlement that was announced in October,
the Kevorkian estate obtained the remainder of the paintings, and is
expected to offer the pieces for sale at art galleries.
The museum plans to display its Kevorkian paintings at some point,
but exactly when hasn't been determined. At least one of them, "1915
Genocide 1945," will be shown in April, when the museum commemorates
the Armenian genocide, said Haig Der Manuelian, chairman of its board
of trustees.
That painting, which links the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by
the Ottoman Turkish empire during and after World War I, and the 6
million Jews killed by Nazi Germany three decades later, was the most
important piece for the museum to hold onto, and why the organization
was willing to engage in its first legal battle, Der Manuelian said.
"The reason why we were adamant about it was the one painting,"
he said. It resonates with the museum's goal of teaching the public
about the Armenian genocide, he added. "As far as I was concerned,
a lot of the paintings were of no relevance to our mission."
The painting shows the bloodied head of a woman held by two arms. On
one sleeve is a Nazi uniform; the other is dressed in Ottoman Turkish
garb. Kevorkian, the son of Armenian genocide survivors, is said to
have used a mixture of human blood and paint in the piece.
The museum will also keep "The Gourmet," about the meaning of war,
"The Double Cross of Justice," about the broken judicial system,
and "Fa, la, la, la, la," which reflects on the commercialization of
Christmas. The messages of all these the paintings are dark, and the
images feature decapitated heads or skeletal bodies.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2012/12/06/alma-to-display-dr-jack-kevorkians-painting-1915-genocide-1945-in-april/
00:20 06.12.2012
The Armenian Library and Museum of America has a rich collection of
illuminated manuscripts and a catalog of portrait photographs of some
of the 20th century's leading figures, but the grisly paintings by Dr.
Death himself, assisted-suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian, continue
to be a draw, boston.com writes.
After a year of legal wrangling with the Kevorkian estate, the museum
has managed to keep four of the 17 paintings by the late pathologist
it had been holding. Under a settlement that was announced in October,
the Kevorkian estate obtained the remainder of the paintings, and is
expected to offer the pieces for sale at art galleries.
The museum plans to display its Kevorkian paintings at some point,
but exactly when hasn't been determined. At least one of them, "1915
Genocide 1945," will be shown in April, when the museum commemorates
the Armenian genocide, said Haig Der Manuelian, chairman of its board
of trustees.
That painting, which links the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by
the Ottoman Turkish empire during and after World War I, and the 6
million Jews killed by Nazi Germany three decades later, was the most
important piece for the museum to hold onto, and why the organization
was willing to engage in its first legal battle, Der Manuelian said.
"The reason why we were adamant about it was the one painting,"
he said. It resonates with the museum's goal of teaching the public
about the Armenian genocide, he added. "As far as I was concerned,
a lot of the paintings were of no relevance to our mission."
The painting shows the bloodied head of a woman held by two arms. On
one sleeve is a Nazi uniform; the other is dressed in Ottoman Turkish
garb. Kevorkian, the son of Armenian genocide survivors, is said to
have used a mixture of human blood and paint in the piece.
The museum will also keep "The Gourmet," about the meaning of war,
"The Double Cross of Justice," about the broken judicial system,
and "Fa, la, la, la, la," which reflects on the commercialization of
Christmas. The messages of all these the paintings are dark, and the
images feature decapitated heads or skeletal bodies.