MINAS AVETISIAN’S PICTURES TO BE EXHIBITED IN ITALY

Noyan Tapan
June 29, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 29, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The pictures of
Armenian artist Minas Avetisian will be presented to the Italian
society in 2010. Professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples
Francesco Gallo told at the press conference on June 26 that About 100
Works exhibition of Minas Avetisian’s pictures will enter Italy through
Roman gates and will continue into Naples, Venice, Florence. According
to him, there is no concrete date of the opening the exhibition, as
the exhibition of Minas’ works is now being prepared in Moscow. "The
Italian society should touch the Armenian art with its hand. That is
why we chose Minas to present this country’s art with the help of him",
noted Mr. Gallo.

F. Gallo, as a reporter, will do scientific work besides presenting the
cultural values, as a result of which different pages of M. Avetisian’s
life, some materials describing the tragic end of his life and some
parts of his writings will be recruited. The idea of the exhibition was
suggested to F. Gallo by the representative of the Minas Avetisian
Fund in Florence Vighen Avetis. The program is sponsored by the
Ministry of Culture of Armenia.

Francesco Gallo is concerned with the fact that very few canvases of
Minas are shown at museums, the exposition and order of the pictures
is very poor, that’s why the pictures lose their power and a visitor
cannot have a clear view of the painter. F. Gallo noticed that
living in a difficult period M. Avetisian does not raise political
problems and hard social conditions in his canvases, there is only
art. "M. Avetisian in his pictures gives priority to independence,
there is free spirit and views. That is why the value of his art
continued to grow after him." According to him, the greatest value
of Minas is that he presents historic culture with today’s eyes
and spirit.