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ART EXHIBIT AT PROVIDENCE STUDIO MARKS ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CENTENNIAL
11:00 * 09.04.15
Providence gallery owner Berge Zobian is proud of his Armenian roots.
When he moved the original Gallery Z to Federal Hill more than a
decade ago, he proudly invited artists of Armenian descent to exhibit
at the gallery.
Since then, he's created a website devoted to contemporary Armenian art
while continuing to showcase the work of Armenian and Armenian-American
painters, printmakers and photographers, the Provudence Journal
reports,
This month Zobian is honoring his heritage in a more somber way with
Studio Z's "Centennial Armenian Genocide" exhibit. Featuring a mix of
fine art, archival material and a series of talks and performances,
the exhibit commemorates one of the darkest chapters of the 20th
century: the systematic expulsion and murder of more than 1.5 million
Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces between 1915 and 1922.
"For Armenians everywhere, this is really a major part of our history
and identity," Zobian says. "What the Holocaust is for people of Jewish
descent, the Armenian Genocide is for people of Armenian ancestry.
"Unfortunately, for many years it was treated as a historical footnote
-- or even worse, as if it never happened.
It's really only in the last few decades that people have started
speaking out about it."
Zobian himself has been speaking out for some time.
Five years ago, he organized an exhibit commemorating the 95th
anniversary of the American Genocide at the URI-Feinstein campus
gallery in downtown Providence. Like the centennial exhibit, that
show featured a combination of period photographs, vintage newspaper
clippings and other archival materials, along with original artworks
inspired by the tragedy.
This time around Zobian is following a similar format, mixing
historical and artistic responses to the Armenian Genocide. At the same
time, he's added a series of Thursday night talks and presentations,
as well as a secondary exhibit of "art windows" (facing Washington
Street) at the URI-owned Shepard's Building in downtown.
The main show, however, runs through May 2 at Studio Z -- Gallery
Z's newer space in the former Eastern Butcher Block complex at 25
Eagle St. Tonight's talk starts at 7:30 p.m. and features artists
John Avakian and Marsha Nouritza Odabashian.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/04/09/providence-genocide-centennial-exhibition/1641096
http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20150409/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/150409387
11:00 * 09.04.15
Providence gallery owner Berge Zobian is proud of his Armenian roots.
When he moved the original Gallery Z to Federal Hill more than a
decade ago, he proudly invited artists of Armenian descent to exhibit
at the gallery.
Since then, he's created a website devoted to contemporary Armenian art
while continuing to showcase the work of Armenian and Armenian-American
painters, printmakers and photographers, the Provudence Journal
reports,
This month Zobian is honoring his heritage in a more somber way with
Studio Z's "Centennial Armenian Genocide" exhibit. Featuring a mix of
fine art, archival material and a series of talks and performances,
the exhibit commemorates one of the darkest chapters of the 20th
century: the systematic expulsion and murder of more than 1.5 million
Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces between 1915 and 1922.
"For Armenians everywhere, this is really a major part of our history
and identity," Zobian says. "What the Holocaust is for people of Jewish
descent, the Armenian Genocide is for people of Armenian ancestry.
"Unfortunately, for many years it was treated as a historical footnote
-- or even worse, as if it never happened.
It's really only in the last few decades that people have started
speaking out about it."
Zobian himself has been speaking out for some time.
Five years ago, he organized an exhibit commemorating the 95th
anniversary of the American Genocide at the URI-Feinstein campus
gallery in downtown Providence. Like the centennial exhibit, that
show featured a combination of period photographs, vintage newspaper
clippings and other archival materials, along with original artworks
inspired by the tragedy.
This time around Zobian is following a similar format, mixing
historical and artistic responses to the Armenian Genocide. At the same
time, he's added a series of Thursday night talks and presentations,
as well as a secondary exhibit of "art windows" (facing Washington
Street) at the URI-owned Shepard's Building in downtown.
The main show, however, runs through May 2 at Studio Z -- Gallery
Z's newer space in the former Eastern Butcher Block complex at 25
Eagle St. Tonight's talk starts at 7:30 p.m. and features artists
John Avakian and Marsha Nouritza Odabashian.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/04/09/providence-genocide-centennial-exhibition/1641096
http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20150409/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/150409387