PAINTINGS OF ASTGHIK SAPRICH AT HUNE BRENNER GALLERY
By Petros Keshishian
AZG Armenian Daily
11/10/2006
The Year of Armenia in France that kicked off in September is
significant with diverse events. Such an event was the exhibition of
Astghik Saprich’s paintings at the Hune Brenner gallery in Paris.
Astghik is the niece of famous French-Armenian actress Alice
Saprich. Le Monde writes that Astghik is engaged in graphics, engraving
and painting.
The theme that Astghik has chosen is the Mount Ararat, more precisely
various outlines of the mount. She uses different techniques and
from average formats passes to small ones that resemble miniatures
and make the viewer to exert himself to see salience, golden spots
and other details.
The surface is carefully elaborated. Even the canvases painted with
Indian ink have beautiful contrast of light and shadow as though
bearing traces of sand and mote. The stone-like surfaces resemble
khachkars or motives from church bas-reliefs.