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LA CRESCENTA ARTIST SHARES HER VIEW OF HUMAN CONNECTIONS
Glendale News Press, CA
Aug 8 2014
Srboohie Abajian's work is part of a group project at the Brand
Library.
By Kelly Corrigan, [email protected] August 8, 2014 |
5:10 p.m.
The art of Srboohie Abajian is returning to Glendale this weekend
with 15 new pieces exploring human companionship.
The artist, who lives in La Crescenta and creates her work out of
her home studio, said she began the series with sketches last year
that helped direct her series toward full expression.
An observer of life and the people around her, Abajian said she lets
what she sees shape the context of her work.
"I'm just interested in how people behave and what people need and
how people live their lives," she said. "I just came up with the
realization and observation that... humans need good relationships
with each other."
A few years ago, Abajian was watching shoppers at the Glendale
Galleria and elsewhere, examining what they were holding, which led
her to create monotype images of people holding various items using
painted black lines on canvas.
In her latest series, titled "All Roads Lead to People," material
objects are still a focus in her art, as something that can drive a
wedge between people, particularly when human connection suffers in
the face of materialistic ambition.
She said she's seen how a lack of communication between people can
lead to separation and depression.
Opening at the Brand Library & Art Center on Saturday, her new works
are also inspired by her observations of the immigrant community,
to which she belongs, having moved to the United States from Armenia
in 1994 when she was 35 years old.
"[In] talking with people, I observe how everyone feels and [what]
I feel, too," she said. "Eating alone is not satisfactory."
But people's investment in each other is perhaps what makes them
happiest, Abajian has found, and in her new series, she applied more
color to the canvas than in past pieces to express how beauty and
inspiration arise when people are joyful over their interactions and
relationships with others.
"In human relationships, don't try to get," she said. "Try to give."
The new acrylic-on-canvas pieces feature mostly faces, hands and
human figures.
In one image, Abajian contemplates what she calls "caring hands."
"The hands aren't just piled up together," she said. "They're holding
each other."
At the Brand Library, her series is part of a group exhibit called
"Perception and Reality." The other artists featured are Rachel Roske,
Catherine Tirr, Olga Lah and Renee Azenaro.
An opening reception for the exhibit will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at
the library, 1601 W. Mountain St.
The exhibit will be on view through Sept. 19.
For more information, call Brand Library at (818) 548-2051.
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/tn-gnp-me-0809-la-crescenta-artist-shares-her-view-of-human-connections-20140808,0,2378115.story
From: Baghdasarian
Glendale News Press, CA
Aug 8 2014
Srboohie Abajian's work is part of a group project at the Brand
Library.
By Kelly Corrigan, [email protected] August 8, 2014 |
5:10 p.m.
The art of Srboohie Abajian is returning to Glendale this weekend
with 15 new pieces exploring human companionship.
The artist, who lives in La Crescenta and creates her work out of
her home studio, said she began the series with sketches last year
that helped direct her series toward full expression.
An observer of life and the people around her, Abajian said she lets
what she sees shape the context of her work.
"I'm just interested in how people behave and what people need and
how people live their lives," she said. "I just came up with the
realization and observation that... humans need good relationships
with each other."
A few years ago, Abajian was watching shoppers at the Glendale
Galleria and elsewhere, examining what they were holding, which led
her to create monotype images of people holding various items using
painted black lines on canvas.
In her latest series, titled "All Roads Lead to People," material
objects are still a focus in her art, as something that can drive a
wedge between people, particularly when human connection suffers in
the face of materialistic ambition.
She said she's seen how a lack of communication between people can
lead to separation and depression.
Opening at the Brand Library & Art Center on Saturday, her new works
are also inspired by her observations of the immigrant community,
to which she belongs, having moved to the United States from Armenia
in 1994 when she was 35 years old.
"[In] talking with people, I observe how everyone feels and [what]
I feel, too," she said. "Eating alone is not satisfactory."
But people's investment in each other is perhaps what makes them
happiest, Abajian has found, and in her new series, she applied more
color to the canvas than in past pieces to express how beauty and
inspiration arise when people are joyful over their interactions and
relationships with others.
"In human relationships, don't try to get," she said. "Try to give."
The new acrylic-on-canvas pieces feature mostly faces, hands and
human figures.
In one image, Abajian contemplates what she calls "caring hands."
"The hands aren't just piled up together," she said. "They're holding
each other."
At the Brand Library, her series is part of a group exhibit called
"Perception and Reality." The other artists featured are Rachel Roske,
Catherine Tirr, Olga Lah and Renee Azenaro.
An opening reception for the exhibit will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at
the library, 1601 W. Mountain St.
The exhibit will be on view through Sept. 19.
For more information, call Brand Library at (818) 548-2051.
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/tn-gnp-me-0809-la-crescenta-artist-shares-her-view-of-human-connections-20140808,0,2378115.story
From: Baghdasarian