Oil painting Red roses Artur Sarkisyan

№Vern 1015


*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Red roses"
* ARTISTS: Artur Sarkisyan
* SIZE: 70x53 cm/'27.55x20.86 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, canvas
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product

About the artist: Arthur Sargsyan was born in Leninakan (now Gyumri), in the Armenian SSR. In 1977 he graduated from the Leninakan art school, then continued his studies at the Department of Fine Arts at the Armenian State Pedagogical University, which he graduated in 1989. Lives and works in Yerevan, Armenia.

He has two sons - David and Vagan.

The works of Arthur Sargsyan are an example of abstract art. The main theme of the paintings is the liberation from the fetters of the Soviet past, the search for the deepest sources of Armenian culture in the pre-Soviet past. In 2005, in an interview with art critic Tamara Sinanyan, he noted: “My approach to painting is based on the desire to overcome the shackles of socialist realism.” [4]

On the canvases of his paintings, painting, silk-screen printing, excerpts from texts, signs, architectural elements, excerpts from other paintings are combined together. [5]

Like knowledge of many languages, polysemy in art is not limited to Arthur Sargsyan. We see the continuity of the style of Robert Rauschenberg and Kurt Schwitters. The philosophical positions of such masters as Warhol, Cornell, Miro, Malevich, and Picasso are also traced.

Among other things, Arthur Sargsyan shows that the “aesthetic collage” has both separating and consolidating qualities that define modern composition - the most significant legacy of 20th century art. [1]

In the paintings there is a motive for the search for the heritage of the past, from samples of applied art to interiors, from architecture to seals, signs and manuscripts. The present in this light is constantly changing, and the artist, like the captain of a ship, invites the viewer on a journey through the ocean of Armenian history.

Also famous for its installations. One of them - “Closed Session” [6], is a row of seven chairs of various sizes, each of which is mounted on four luminous lamps. In the interpretation of art critic Sonia Balassanyan, curator of the Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, the installation reflects a satirical view of people with high conceit who make significant decisions [6]. This work is on permanent display at the State Museum of Modern Art in Yerevan. [7]