Renowned Painter And Literary Critic Vagrich Bakhcanyan Passes Away

RENOWNED PAINTER AND LITERARY CRITIC VAGRICH BAKHCANYAN PASSES AWAY IN NEW YORK

PanARMENIAN.Net
14.11.2009 10:38 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Renowned painter and literary critic Vagrich
Bakhchyan, 72, has passed away in New York.

Bakhchyan was born in Kharkov where he studied in the local decorative
art school under avant-garde artist Vasily Ermilov. In 1965, he took
part in the first non-official exhibition.

Short time afterwards, the artist moved to Moscow where, in 1967-74,
he worked in the humor department of Literaturnaya Gazeta and 12
Chairs Art Club, together with Vladimir Ivanov, Igor Makarov and
Vitaly Peskov. He was published in Znanie-Sila and Yunost magazines.

Many of Bakhcanyan’s aphorisms and witty remarks became pieces of
folklore.

In 1974, the artist emigrated to New York where he continued his
activity . Over the recent years, many of his works were displayed
in Moscow, New York, Las Vegas, Kiev and Vienna, Lenta.ru reports.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS