ARTHUR SARKISSIAN SOLO EXHIBIT OPENS IN LA GALLERY

Tert.am
16:27 ~U 12.03.10

A solo exhibit of works by Gyumri-born, Armenian artist Arthur
Sarkissian will be on display at Gallery 1927 in Los Angeles,
California, from March 11 to April 1. The exhibit, curated by Caroline
Tufenkian, launced with an early evening reception on March 11.

Sarkissian works in abstract art as a statement of post-soviet freedom
of expression. According to Critics’ Forum report by Tamar Sinanian
and Taleen Tertzakian, he said in 2005, "My approach to painting
developed from the desire to free myself from Socialist Realism.

Abstract thought was the means of free expression. I have never given
up and always experimented. So, now there are no boundaries for me;
I create freely and at any desired moment I can return to abstract art,
or incorporate several styles."

His canvases combine painting and silkscreen printing, incorporating
text, photographs, signs, architectural images and extracts from
other paintings, fusing oil paint with found ephemera.