I haven’t made a video in a long while. Browsing through my files I came across an old one that I never finished. So I decided to finally finish it and show it the light of day. Here it is. Enjoy my dreams of Armenia.
“Luys i Luso” Multimedia Art Project with Tigran Hamasyan
Recently I was made aware of an awesome art project called Luys i Luso featuring the internationally renowned jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan. For the commemoration of the centennial year of the Armenian Genocide, last year Armenia’s musical prodigy Tigran Hamasyan, along with the Yerevan State Choir embarked on a special journey through music and history. They...
Armenian Folk Art on Display in Museums Around the World
The Russian Museum of Ethnography recently held an exhibition on Armenian traditional culture. The exhibition titled “The World of Traditional Armenian Culture“ featured never before seen objects characteristic of the most widespread occupations and crafts among the Armenians: weaponry, jewelry, carpets, musical instruments, lace works and embroidery. Regarding Armenian craftsmanship the museum’s website states: “…Armenian people achieved general recognition...
Traditional Armenia
A selection of beautiful artwork by Hayk Ishxani Martirosyan and music from Ashugh Bingyol & M. Voskanyan called Sareri Hovin Mernem. It depicts the spirit of traditional Armenian rural country. Enjoy! You can find more of Hayk’s work here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hayk-Ishxani-Martirosyan/307051369422808
Arsen Agakhanyants
Arsen was born in 1966 in the city of Tashkent (Uzbekistan) to Armenian parents. In 1986 he graduated from the easel painting art school P. P. Benkova in Tashkent. In 1995 he graduated from the department of monumental and decorative painting theater and art institute of Ostrovsky (Tashkent). In 2002 Arsen became a member of the Union of Artists of...
Georgi Matevosjan
Architect by profession, Matevosjan started his artistic career as interior designer. Later on, however, he has devoted his talents to creating designer jewelry and incredibly beautiful paintings. Georgi Matevosjan was born in Baku to Armenian parents, the son of the USSR State Prize laureate writer Hrant Matevosyan. In 1975 he graduated from the Volgograd...
Fred Africkian – ‘The Art of Letter-Type’ (1984)
Interesting examples of Armenian fonts from Fred’s book ‘The art of letter type’ published in 1984
Art of Rubik Kocharian
Rubik Kocharian is a fine artist living and working in California. To date in his prolific career, he has produced over 1,000 original oil paintings and drawings. Rubik was born in 1940 in Yerevan, Armenia. His family was exiled to Siberia in 1946 during Stalin’s regime. Rubik studied under Ivan Pavlov, a Russian artist in...
