THE GUIDE: EXHIBITIONS: MELIK OHANIAN, LONDON
by Jessica Lack

The Guardian (London)
December 9, 2006 Saturday

Melik Ohanian’s epic video installation Seven Minutes Before is a
thrilling, dream-like narrative offering seven different perspectives
of a cataclysmic event. Set in southern France, the audience are
pitched into a world of biblical proportions in which a nomadic
preacher, a caged wolf and a speeding car are united as symbols of the
tragedy to come. Born in Lyon in 1969, Ohanian is of Armenian descent,
and this 21-minute film, part of his first UK solo exhibition, reveals
an artist who can weave complex ideas into an engaging narrative.

South London Gallery, SE5, to Dec 22