Homeland: Nature
Vahe Baghumyan is currently a 2nd year student at Bachelor programme of Graphics, State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia. Painting is not merely a means of self-expression for him, but an inner demand. He was keen to painting from a very young age…
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“Sensitive Surfaces”
The exhibition opened at “Albert and Tove Boyajian” exhibition hall entitled “Sensitive surfaces” represents only a part of the works belonging to our compatriots George Kassabyan and Tigran Daderyan living in Canada and France. The initiative of organizing an exhibition belonged to George Kassabian. With regards to Tigran Daderyan, the latter had held and exhibition of his graphic works earlier in mid-March of the same year and another exhibition of his sculpture works had been organized the previous year…
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Komitas Week at “Albert and Tove Boyajian” Exhibition Hall
The major objective of the initiative launched by Yerevan State Conservatory directed to the cooperation of higher educational institutions on art is to create a common field of interest among student-artists that will unite them and reinforce their close communication. This was announced by Narine Avetisyan, the head of Quality Assurance department of the Conservatory. She noted this to be the first milestone that would continue more actively in spring; she also encouraged the students to be not only participants but also initiators. 150th anniversary of Komitas served the best occasion for such an idea…
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Ara Havhannisyan’s Recognizable and Abstract Realities
The originality of artists’ style discloses the directedness of his inner searches. The artist changing his style while in the creative processes solves an important task for himself: to what extent are his perceptions and approaches adapted to the modern time developments, what is the reaction to innovations and his capability to disclose them? It is not about empty formalism but natural developments occurring in the art dictated by life…
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Imagination and Diversity
Works of SAFAA 4th year students of Sculpture department of Fine Arts faculty shown in “Albert and Tove Boyajian” exhibition hall embody fascinating approach of creative imagination. The exhibition, as sculptor Garegin Davtyan described was distinguished by its diversity, where one could particularly notice the search of something new. The attention was especially captured by the means of expression of emotional states (“Pondering”, “Nightmare”, “Strangeness”), manifestation of imaginative feelings (“Talk of the God of Stones and Snake”, “Hanger”)…
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The results of Dilijan internship
Summer internship held in Dilijan offers a good start for work experience, especially for freshmen and is important in terms of education. This year they have held the internship period since mid-June, the results of which or the final exhibition opened on September 30, at Albert and Tove Boyajian exhibition-hall of State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia. The exhibited works that portrayed mainly impressions from Dilijan in the form of landscapes were highly praised…
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Portraits: Aram Isabekyan’s way of seeing
Portrait painting occupies a special place in Aram Isabekyan’s multi-genre art. He is certainly the best in this genre of painting today. Many share this opinion: his father, Eduard Isabekyan used to emphasize this and appreciate his son as a master in portrait-making…
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Japanese presence at “Albert and Tove Boyajian” gallery within Photo Fest
The first Armenian International Photo Fest launched in late August enlarged its dimension to “Albert and Tove Boyajian” gallery of State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia. The idea and realisation of Photo Fest belonged to photographer Tatev Mnatsakanyan, a former student of SAFAA, who won her first international prize at a competition in an Italian city Torino, while a student. Her numerous participations in International exhibitions, as well as her experience in solo expositions in a range of European countries, further led her to design and implementation of such an idea. The first Armenian International Photo Fest provided quite a wide geographical dimension including artists who arrived from Japan, Italy, Switzerland, India, Iran, Georgia and Belarus…
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The First Stage of Armenian-Swiss Joint Project
Recently “Albert and Tove Boyajian” exhibition-hall of State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia hosted a group of students from the Basel School of Design and the head of the group Mischa Leiner. Jointly with the students of computer graphics department of our Academy they actualized the first stage of poster design project on the theme “Armenia-Switzerland”…
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Sincerity to himself and to painting
The first solo exhibition of Raffi Ghazaryan opened at “Albert and Tove Boyajian” exhibition hall of State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia. Raffi is an undergraduate student of Painting department preparing his diploma work defense for the current year. Nor the exhibition neither the works introduced are entitled. The communication between the visitor and paintings isn’t complicated; it is close, free and direct…
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