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    Part Three of Armenian Art Exhibit & Memorialization of Armenian Genocide

    12/16/2014


    The Thompson Gallery at CSW announces Talin Megherian--Kiss the Ground,
    the second exhibition in a five-part exhibition series that examines
    and celebrates contemporary Armenian art, organized to overlap the
    centennial memorialization of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

    The series explores Armenian culture from different vantage points;
    yet intersect on themes of memory, loss and celebration. The second
    exhibition in the series focuses on the abstract-narrative paintings
    of Talin Megherian (Watertown, MA) and her interest in the stories and
    traditions of the Armenian people, compromised by the atrocities of
    the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Megherian's work explores collective
    Armenian memory, the memories of her family and Armenian women in
    particular, through eclectic and colorful abstractions that are
    lavishly bejeweled by images of Armenian artifacts, historical events,
    and literary references.

    "There are tragic stories from both sides of my family," said
    Megherian. "I feel compelled to give them a voice--in part, for a
    people that have not healed, in part for myself, and in part for my
    family that still remembers."

    Megherian is the Art Studio Director at the Atrium School, (Watertown,
    MA), were she also teaches after school programs and private classes.
    Talin Megherian--Kiss the Ground is the artist's first solo exhibition
    in the Boston area.

    The final show in the series, Kiss the Ground--A New Armenia, is itself
    divided into three segments in two locations.

    Kiss The Ground--A New Armenia parts one and two are on exhibit at the
    Armenian Library and Museum from December 6, 2014 - January 20, 2015
    (part one) and January 25 - March 1, 2015 (part two) respectively.

    The first exhibit brings together the work of Gail Boyajian, Adrienne
    Der Marderosian, Aida Laleian, Talin Megherian,Yefkin, Megherian,
    Kevork Mourad, Marsha Odabashian and Jessica Sperandio.

    The second show looks at the work of Gagik Aroutiunian, John Avakian,
    Jackie Kazarian, and Apo Torosyan.

    Kiss the Ground--A New Armenia part three (Thompson Gallery, March 30
    to June 13, 2015) is a group exhibition that brings together a
    collection of Armenian artists working in diverse media: John
    Avakian's (social justice print-making), Gail Boyajian's (allegorical
    painting), Adrienne Der Marderosian (works on paper), Jackie Kazarian
    (abstract painting), Aida Laleian (digital collage), Yefkin Megherian
    (bronze bas-reliefs), Marsha Odabashian (installation art), Kevork
    Mourad (gestural painting), and Apo Torosyan (film).

    "The title of the series comes from the etymological roots of an
    Armenian word for worship, 'yergurbakootyoon.' A word that translates
    literally to mean 'kissing the ground,' and implies the idea of
    'effort.' Yergurbakootyoon also suggests veneration for land, for
    home, for country, for people, and for a way of living," said Gallery
    Director and CSW Visual Arts Teacher Todd Bartel.

    http://www.csw.org/page/News-Detail?pk=953814&fromId=197054

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    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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