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The Armenian Genocide has left an irreversible trace in our history and in our spirits and the reflection of grief, yearning, hope is woven in chain in the Armenian fine arts. When human languages is powerless to express what happened in 1915, the language of art does have the power to do so. Different generations of Armenian famous artists have continuously addressed the great iniquity and the artworks dedicated to the Armenian Genocide have always had their unique places in their art. Armenian artists greatly contributed to the global acknowledgement of the Armenian Genocide thought their art. Many of these works have been exhibited to public but even more of them are unknown till today.

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CULTURAL GENOCIDE

Acts and measures undertaken to destroy the culture of a nation or an ethnic group is called "cultural genocide". Many facts prove that simultaneous with the massacres and deportation of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, the government of the Young Turks masterminded and implemented systematic destruction of the material testimonies of the Armenian civilization.

THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

A genocide is the organized extermination of a nation aiming to put an end to their collective existence. The extermination of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and the surrounding regions during 1915-1923 is called the Armenian Genocide. Those massacres were masterminded and perpetrated by the government of Young Turks and were later finalized by the Kemalist government.

100 arts

The anguish of the Armenian Genocide, which is being reborn with every Armenian, has its own reflection in the Armenian fine arts. Many Armenian well known artists have created artworks both in Armenia and in Diaspora that are the speaking witness of the Armenian great pain, loss and yearning. These artworks are also ode to the Armenian viable genes, will power of giving birth, living and creation. Genocide is the type of crime that does have any expiration date. Human speech is sometimes powerless in expressing those things that are possible to express only through art. These 100 artworks will continuously tell the world about the unhealed wound of the Armenian, millions of innocent victims, demolished heartlands, bowed churches, lost homeland and infinite belief. The power of art is undeniable and artworks are eternal.

Artist:

Yeghishe Tadevosyan

Title:

The Musicologist Komitas, 1935

Location:

National Gallery of Armenian, Yerevan

Artist: Yeghishe Tadevosyan
Title: The Musicologist Komitas, 1935
Location: National Gallery of Armenian, Yerevan

The character of the Kimotas Archimandrite is stamped as the symbol of the Armenian Genocide. Being a close friends with Kimotas Archimandrite, Yeghishe Tadevosyan wished to depict him not as a carrier of tragedy but as an embodiment of blossom: Komitas of hope and light. The artists created the character of Komitas in an impressionistic way, that is the closest to his heart, showing the glorification of his subtle and sensitive inner world.

Artist:

Jackie Kazarian

Title:

Love Lies Bleeding #5, 1995

Location:

Artist's Collection

Artist: Jackie Kazarian
Title: Love Lies Bleeding #5, 1995
Location: Artist's Collection

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.

Artist:

Samvel Khachatryan

Title:

On the Foreign Deserted Roads, 2015

Location:

Artist's Collection

Artist: Samvel Khachatryan
Title: On the Foreign Deserted Roads, 2015
Location: Artist's Collection

By naming the painting "On the foreign deserted roads" the artists tried to present the outcast state of the nation. These people were the ones who, sensing the upcoming disaster, made a decision to leave their homes and take the sojourn road. And these cruel feelings are reflected on their faces, as all the people in the painting don’t have a mouth and are headed towards the unknown on the foreign deserted roads.

Artist:

Martiros Sarian

Title:

Portrait of the Poet Aleksandr Tsaturian, 1915

Location:

National Gallery of Armenian, Yerevan

Artist: Martiros Sarian
Title: Portrait of the Poet Aleksandr Tsaturian, 1915
Location: National Gallery of Armenian, Yerevan

Black color that appeared in Sarian’s palette had manifested all the tragic of his feelings. None the less the fragile and emotional soul of the Armenian intelligentsia so deeply shocked and unprotected in this period had to revive the national culture on their native land some years later. Depicted in the background motif of fruit and a blooming branch symbolize the idea of this powerful inner potential.

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