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    BURJ HAMMOUD'S LEBANESE-ARMENIAN PALETTE

    Al-Arabiyah
    Sept 13 2012
    UAE

    Published September 13th, 2012 - 13:25 GMT via SyndiGate.info

    Burj Hammoud's Hamazkayin Lucy Tutunjian Art Gallery was founded
    in 2009 as a platform for Armenian and Lebanese art and cultural
    production. Since then the space has exhibited works by many artists
    from both communities.

    HLTAG has chosen Wadi Abu Jmeel's Villa Zein as the venue for its
    latest collective exhibition, "Lipanan" ("Lebanon" in Armenian),
    featuring paintings and sculptures by such artists as Raffi Tokatlian,
    Hrair, Charles Khoury, Arthur K. and Mireille Goguikian, to name but
    a few.

    Here onlookers will find a large selection of work, ranging from
    abstraction to surrealism.

    Based on their titles, "Charles Aznavour" and "Pavarotti," two mixed
    media-on-canvas works by Haroutiun K. Nicolian (aka Arthur K.), are
    tributes to the Armenian-born French vocalist and the Italian tenor.

    Both works bear respectful renderings of each performer. Viewers
    will also find bits that don't bear much relation to either Aznavour
    or Pavarotti.

    The upper part of the collage-like "Charles Aznavour" (100x65 cm) is
    a still from Peter Webber's film "Girl with Pearl Earring" (inspired
    by Vermeer's painting). To one side of it is a fragment of a woman's
    photo. To the other is the phrase "Human Rights," written in Latin
    capitals against a parchment-shaded background.

    Immediately below a photo of Aznavour in concert, a shard of red-tinted
    sheet music bears an unknown tune. Alongside is a photo of a stallion,
    in blue.

    "Pavarotti" includes a photo of a black man with large white stripes
    painted on his chest. Nearby is a shred of a document apparently
    dealing with Armenian history. The link between these images and
    Pavarotti is vague.

    An interesting palette accentuates the decorative value of Arthur K.'s
    work. From red, to blue, black and gold, these works are attractive
    to the eye. Although dark hues are omnipresent, the artist's works
    radiate light.

    "Awakening" - a bronze sculpture by Raffi Tokatlian - is astonishing
    both for its dimensions (190x55x242 cm) and its symbolism.

    The apparently female figure is blindfolded. Her body is formed from
    bronze strips, resembling folds of clothing. Most interesting is the
    contrast between the light - almost ethereal - aspect these strips
    lend the body and the bronze head's weight.

    Arev Petrosyan's mixed-media work "Emotions" (140x92cm) finds gold and
    silver leaves painted on organic glass. This work includes several
    red and black blotches, which seem to emerge from the ground. These
    could be representations of roses or poppies, with odd-looking mouths.

    Jacqueline Ohanian's "Messengers of Peace" (mixed-media, 105x105cm)
    is also highly symbolic. The work combines warm hues - oranges,
    yellows and hints of red - with white.

    The white bits are evidently doves (peace) or perhaps a single dove in
    movement. Above the dove motif are depictions of two (or more) peoples'
    heads. One figure gazes down, as if following the bird's movement.

    There is no obviously programmatic meaning to be ascribed to Ohanian's
    depiction of peace and its messengers. The artist's design intention
    appears decorative.

    Hamazkayin Lucy Tutunjian Art Gallery's "Lipanan" is up at Wadi
    Abu Jmeel's Villa Zein until Sept. 16. For more information, please
    call 01-241-262.

    http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/burj-hammoud-lebanon-442026




    From: A. Papazian
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