INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ARTISTS OF ARTSAKH HELD ITS FIRST EXHIBITION

KarabakhOpen
20-04-2007 15:20:15

On April 18 the first exhibition of the newly-established International
Union of Artsakh opened at the picture gallery of Stepanakert. The
founders of this organization and the authors of the works are three
known artists: Samvel Gabrielyan, Arnold Meliksetyan and Robert
Askaryan.

It is notable that the exhibition attracted both government officials
and the artistic circle. Maybe because the three artists left the
Union of Artists of NKR last autumn as they were dissatisfied with
the atmosphere in this organization, set up their organization,
and intended to impart it with an international importance.

There were unusually many people. The chair of the Union of Writers
of NKR Vardan Oskanyan dedicated the exhibition, then Speaker Ashot
Ghulyan, the minister of education and culture Kamo Atayan, the head
of the department of education and culture of the City Hall Carlen
Margaryan made speeches. Samvel Gabrielyan, one of the artists, made
the closing speech. "The idea to create a new organization occurred
a long time ago. Finally it was born. However, I would like to make
it clear that the word "international" is not pretentiousness but the
necessity of the time. In the soviet times creative unions were set
up to serve the political pyramid rather than the creative demands
of the artists. Today when we are creating our independent country,
we cannot follow what was injected then, in addition, broken from
the world progress. We need to keep up with the time, go out to the
world, get in touch with the best representatives of modern art,
invite them to Artsakh. The men of culture should know the folk;
people have always had and have their own culture."

According to the artist, they have already set up contact with artists
of different countries and intend to hold two similar events abroad.