In 1996, Kazarian created large-scale wallpapers (not shown) in memory of her grandparents, Elmas, Mariam and Abram, who survived the Armenian Genocide. These are preparatory studies for the larger wallpapers.

Krikor Momdjian: "Like an open book, we see on one side a photo-document in which we witness how in a barbaric way Armenians were slaughtered in 1915. I did not want to paint the image but used it as it is - an horrible evidence. When I saw this picture for the first time as a little boy, I was choked that human beings are capable of such acts. History seems repeating itself as we think about what is happening now in the middle east, not far from Anatolia, where the massacres of Christian Armenians and deportations occurred. But I believe we can change this, for the sake of future generations, by education and information in healthy thinking. showing empathy for other people and cultures to create a better world."

Annette Gurdjian: "The term "Starved" was a common phrase used at dinner table in the United States as word of the plight of the Armenians reached the U.S Genocide survivors told of Arabs helping them in the desert in small and meaningful ways. This painting depicts a weak survivor receiving a piece of bread from an Arab."

Annette Gurdjian: "The piece is painted over photographs of my father's family planting a tree at their first home in the United States after arriving from Turkey. The painting symbolizes the pain of leaving one's ancestral home juxtaposed with the symbol of setting roots in a new and different land."