EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO HRANT MATEVOSIAN
By Nana Petrosian

AZG Armenian Daily #159
07/09/2005

Recently, many exhibitions were held at the galleries of the Vanadzor
Fine Art Museum. The museum represented over 10 exhibitions to the
art lovers of the city. Seven dozens of pictures by three artists are
being exhibited in Vanadzor these days. The art lovers were excited
and encouraged, visiting such interesting exhibitions at their
city. Khachik Gharabekian, Hrant Tadevosian and Nikol Aghababian,
artists represented pictures rich in colors and emotions. They
depicted the picturesque views of Vanadzor, the region of Lori. The
three artists spend whole August in Ahnidzor and created together
in the studio of Khachik Gharabekian. They opened the exhibition of
their new works created in Ahnidzor on September 2.

“It was really hard to guess that they can open new layers in the
nature of Lori for the local residents in their pictures”, Serge
Baghdasarian, art lover from Vanadzor shared his impressions about
the exhibition.

The artists were inspired not only by the picturesque views of
Ahnidzor, but also by the idea of representing their works at a
joint exhibition. They aimed to celebrate 70th anniversary of Hrant
Matevosian by holding this exhibition.

Khachik Gharabekian said that in the course of the month they worked
together they created paintings that had many things in common.

“Hrant’s absence in Ahnidzor changes something there. That’s why,
we tried to paint from our own viewpoint, including the worldviews
of Matevosian’s characters in Ahnidzor,” Mr. Gharabekian said.

“Everything is different in Ahnidzor. Hrant was different, too. His
presence here is different, too. That’s why people pay tribute to
his literature here,” Hrant Tadevosian explained the success of
the exhibition.

Nikol Aghababian emphasized the importance of such exhibitions,
saying that they help to bring fresh air of the capital’s cultural
life to the regions.

“We tried to combine our own feelings with the image of Hrant
Matevosian’s Ahnidzor. He created his works as a true artist. We were
looking for Hrant in today’s Ahnidzor,” Nikol Aghababian said.

The exhibition will last till September 20.