D avid Kareyan
New Locality
September 14 - October 22, 2023
David Kareyan's profound insight into the relationship between art and reality is best encapsulated in his belief that "the strength of art lies in the exaggeration of reality." He saw art as a realm where the extraordinary could exist within the ordinary, striving for the concept of "more humane than humane." According to Kareyan, art was not mere optimism; it held the power to transform reality itself.
O sheen Harruthoonyan
Uchronie Fragments
September 14 - October 22, 2023
The artist’s experimental wet darkroom techniques serve as the physical embodiment of his artistic concepts. Through these techniques, he captures visual imagery while also evoking emotions and narratives that resonate deeply with viewers. The title of the present exhibition speaks to the concept of “alternate histories.” Taken from the Greek word chronos–meaning time–and utopia–meaning a “no place”–Uchronie Fragments reimagines fragments of a time and place that no longer exist. In doing so the artist creates alternate histories, memories and identities that simultaneously exist in past, present and future.
M eri Karapetyan
Õ°Õ¡Õµ Õ°Õ¡Õµ
May 18 - August 12, 2023
In her latest works, titled “Õ°Õ¡ÕµÕ°Õ¡Õµ” series, Meri Karapetyan multiplies the word “Õ°Õ¡Õµ” or “Armenian,” bending it in two different directions, into the shape of barbed wire, which in turn questions the many manifestations of the border. Using the word “Armenian” as a sign, she raises several semiotic, cultural, and identity-related issues. Using a fine copper wire and some rolled gauze to print the word “Õ°Õ¡Õµ,” she frees the word from sentence and context, weaving a web, connecting hundreds of “Õ°Õ¡Õµ”s, thus erecting a barrier. The latter is passable and fragile, touchable, and interactive, and the shadows of the metal letters once again create an imitation of a barrier, as if they both exist and do not exist…
A rpi Adamyan
The City of Dove Women
May 18 - June 24, 2023
Adamyan creates world building projects. Her multimedia installations are charged with historical citations and speculations concerning a futuristic biotechnological realm. She combines hand made porcelain and clay objects with digital works on screens to create seamless life-affirming worlds from communal trauma. Adamyan is inspired by Armenian fairy tales, bird-human hybrid motifs from Armenian Medieval architecture and manuscripts, as well as Soviet Armenian Modernist architecture. Her method of artmaking involves the hybridization of multiple contradictions. Formation, rebirth and growth are in the core of her work.
J ames Gortner
Terra Incognita
May 18 - August 12, 2023
In Terra Incognita, Gortner's works take on a heroic scope, reminding us of Rorschach tests and seemingly random water stains on which we can project our own stories. They also form rudimentary maps of uncharted lands and unfamiliar contents - each a terra incognita, like our own subconscious. The paintings are both playful and intellectually engaging, reflecting on the strength of tradition over time and life's undercurrent of constant restructuring.
E iko Nishida
Present Moment
June 29 - August 12, 2023
The work represents not only summed-up time but also an event and information that poses the question: What is the meaning of being at this particular, precious moment? You may imagine a myriad of time fragments from the past in the form of the numerous pages of the newspapers themselves, but the moment that you see and experience the artwork, it becomes very much a part of the present.
A rt to Live, Art to Learn
September 6-19, 2022
T he Future of Things Passed
May 15-29, 2022
The exhibition featured four gifted contemporary artists: Eozen Agopian, Melissa Dadourian, Linda Ganjian, and Judith Simonian. It explored how art can deconstruct and uncover elements of the past through sense memory and found objects, while making lasting statements through these interpretations. These fiercely independent and inventive women create work that jibes with some of our
most pressing real world and theoretical concerns.