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Armenian churches lack good paintings of Mother Mary, painter alarms
tert.am
15:42 - 29.07.12
In spite of being ancient-long Christian country Armenia lacks normal
portraits of Mother Mary in its churches, painter Sargis Hamalbashyan
said speaking to Tert.am. He said it is not the painter's guilt but
the client's.
`The wonderful Madonna's paintings in Italy are done thanks to
clients' demand of high-quality work. We have the reproduction of
Vardges Surenyants work being copied and put in all churches. We lack
a client that will demand a normal Madonna painting,' he said.
Asked whether the Armenian painting is good enough to produce high
value art works, Hamalbashyan said our painting is competitive. `It is
just necessary to pay greater attention and give it an opportunity to
be presented to the world at its worth,' he said, stressing that
separate individuals are trying to assist but a state support is
necessary.
`It is like having a mine but not be able to use it in a right way. It
is necessary to present our work to the world on a tray which needs
applying special mechanisms,' he said, adding that Armenia's culture
ministry does not imagine how it should be done. The artist even
considered it senseless to apply to the ministry with the issue,
saying it will bring to nothing.
tert.am
15:42 - 29.07.12
In spite of being ancient-long Christian country Armenia lacks normal
portraits of Mother Mary in its churches, painter Sargis Hamalbashyan
said speaking to Tert.am. He said it is not the painter's guilt but
the client's.
`The wonderful Madonna's paintings in Italy are done thanks to
clients' demand of high-quality work. We have the reproduction of
Vardges Surenyants work being copied and put in all churches. We lack
a client that will demand a normal Madonna painting,' he said.
Asked whether the Armenian painting is good enough to produce high
value art works, Hamalbashyan said our painting is competitive. `It is
just necessary to pay greater attention and give it an opportunity to
be presented to the world at its worth,' he said, stressing that
separate individuals are trying to assist but a state support is
necessary.
`It is like having a mine but not be able to use it in a right way. It
is necessary to present our work to the world on a tray which needs
applying special mechanisms,' he said, adding that Armenia's culture
ministry does not imagine how it should be done. The artist even
considered it senseless to apply to the ministry with the issue,
saying it will bring to nothing.