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THE CITY IS STUFFED WITH POTS, SAHAK POGHOSYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/11/19/131935/
NOVEMBER 19, 2012 17:10
www.aravot.am asked artist Sahak Poghosyan to express his opinion on
one of the most discussed subjects in recent times - statues installed
in Yerevan and damaging them.
"I, as a person close to that field, am disgusted with those statues.
It is good that the people are so disgusted that they show their
attitude. I am talking about not only the statues installed recently,
but also the statues erected in the past that are unprofessional and
absolutely tasteless. They are not in line with the rules of either
esthetics or even ethics and have an impact on a citizen who has a
little taste. At the end of the day, the man must not see tasteless
things every day," the architect says.
During our conversation, we also talked about landscaping Yerevan. "It
seems they are landscaping, a good thing is being done. However, the
thing is how they are landscaping... those pots, primitive ikebana
and absolute tastelessness just shouldn't be done. Instead of pulling
the man out of mud, the artist and the man of culture themselves
get into mud.... Let me say something barbaric - I am for people's
breaking those statues and I would like the breaking to be an act of
vandalism. The man is against and breaks."
The artist is against classifying intellectuals: "It turns out that
there is a small group of intellectuals and they install those people's
statues, as the Russian saying goes, по второму, по третьему круCу (for
a second time, for a third time). Don't we have any other phenomena,
characters? Roughly speaking, this is just a means to make money. The
city has turned into a cemetery, and in my personal opinion, there is
only one or two statues in Yerevan that correspond to professional
standards. Generally, every statue should have its philosophical
meaning. It is observed only in the case of the Tamanyan Statue and
the statues in front of Matenadaran. Epic character Davit of Sasun
can also be perceived as a monument, which was sculpted in accordance
with the demands of the time and was of high quality."
As for decorating entrances and archways, Sahak Poghosyan says that
the level of urban development and culture is lower than "rabis"
(labor art): "There was a composer by the name of Totik at the
time, he had the quality of professional 'rabis,' today 'rabis'
postmodernism is offered to the people as culture.... Now I look
out of the window and see vases and pots on the street... they have
stuffed this city with pots, the esthetic taste of all of us is not
better than a pot. They have appointed someone a designer; he has a
terrible taste and decorates our city with that taste. Man, we don't
want a decorated city; we want a clean city."
Gohar HAKOBYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/11/19/131935/
NOVEMBER 19, 2012 17:10
www.aravot.am asked artist Sahak Poghosyan to express his opinion on
one of the most discussed subjects in recent times - statues installed
in Yerevan and damaging them.
"I, as a person close to that field, am disgusted with those statues.
It is good that the people are so disgusted that they show their
attitude. I am talking about not only the statues installed recently,
but also the statues erected in the past that are unprofessional and
absolutely tasteless. They are not in line with the rules of either
esthetics or even ethics and have an impact on a citizen who has a
little taste. At the end of the day, the man must not see tasteless
things every day," the architect says.
During our conversation, we also talked about landscaping Yerevan. "It
seems they are landscaping, a good thing is being done. However, the
thing is how they are landscaping... those pots, primitive ikebana
and absolute tastelessness just shouldn't be done. Instead of pulling
the man out of mud, the artist and the man of culture themselves
get into mud.... Let me say something barbaric - I am for people's
breaking those statues and I would like the breaking to be an act of
vandalism. The man is against and breaks."
The artist is against classifying intellectuals: "It turns out that
there is a small group of intellectuals and they install those people's
statues, as the Russian saying goes, по второму, по третьему круCу (for
a second time, for a third time). Don't we have any other phenomena,
characters? Roughly speaking, this is just a means to make money. The
city has turned into a cemetery, and in my personal opinion, there is
only one or two statues in Yerevan that correspond to professional
standards. Generally, every statue should have its philosophical
meaning. It is observed only in the case of the Tamanyan Statue and
the statues in front of Matenadaran. Epic character Davit of Sasun
can also be perceived as a monument, which was sculpted in accordance
with the demands of the time and was of high quality."
As for decorating entrances and archways, Sahak Poghosyan says that
the level of urban development and culture is lower than "rabis"
(labor art): "There was a composer by the name of Totik at the
time, he had the quality of professional 'rabis,' today 'rabis'
postmodernism is offered to the people as culture.... Now I look
out of the window and see vases and pots on the street... they have
stuffed this city with pots, the esthetic taste of all of us is not
better than a pot. They have appointed someone a designer; he has a
terrible taste and decorates our city with that taste. Man, we don't
want a decorated city; we want a clean city."
Gohar HAKOBYAN