Ervand Kochar exhibition opens at Cafesjian
Published: Saturday September 27, 2014
Rebellion by Kochar.
YEREVAN – The Cafesjian Center for the Arts (CCA) announces the
opening of a landmark exhibition Kochar: Challenging the Time
dedicated to the 115th birthday anniversary of the Armenian celebrated
artist Ervand Kochar.
Organized in partnership with the Ervand Kochar Museum as part of
CCA’s Museum Networking program, the exhibition brings together a
brilliant selection of works, including masterpieces from Kochar’s
Paris and Yerevan periods.
Featuring thirty works from the Ervand Kochar Museum and private
collections, Kochar: Challenging the Time offers a unique opportunity
to experience the development of Kochar’s ideological and aesthetic
world through paintings, graphic works, sculptures and his
groundbreaking form of plastic art “Painting in Space”. The exhibition
focuses on Kochar’s evolving artistic vision, demonstrating how the
artist’s imagery went through a constant process of metamorphosis.
Arriving in Paris in 1923 at the age of 24, from the very first
months, Kochar firmly launched his career in the complex and
attractive artistic environment of the city, exhibiting together with
the leading artists of the era. Within a short period of time his art
was regarded as “deeply cognitive and unmatched in terms of
execution”, “innovative”, “avant-garde and the most audacious”. His
return to Yerevan in 1936 was a dramatic breakthrough for the artist’s
life and creative development, as in a totalitarian regime Kochar’s
progressive and innovative art was regarded as “anti-Soviet and
anti-revolutionary”. However, Kochar’s genius asserted itself in a new
manifestation of expression, reflected in a gesture of liberation of
his national identity. Kochar, who in his native land became the
symbol of avant-garde art, the new and freedom, reestablished the
spirit of national identity and struggle, animated in his monumental
sculptures Davit of Sassoun and Vardan Mamikonyan. Kochar’s work
challenged the ideals of his epoch expressed in a new vision of
freedom of time and space.
The exhibition Kochar: Challenging the Time is yet another step to
disclose Kochar’s creative genius as one of the greatest artists of
the 20th century of modern art.
The exhibition will last till December 14, 2014. The admission is free.
Sculpture Garden educational program
Over the summer, the Cafesjian Center for the Arts in cooperation with
Beeline Armentel launched a new educational program. The program is
based on sculptures exhibited at the Cafesjian Sculpture Garden and is
an exceptional opportunity to newly introduce the animalistic artworks
of the Cafesjian Sculpture Garden to children and their parents in a
joyful and creative museum setting.
Six families participated in the first session of Summer Sculpture
Garden program. In the first part of the program, the participants had
a tour in the Cafesjian Sculpture Garden and got familiarized with
presented artists and their animalistic works, artwork medium and
execution techniques. The second part of the program continued at the
Creative Hall of CCA, where participants made new works with provided
materials. At the end of the program, families made groups and
introduced their selected works with pantomime. As a gesture of
acknowledgment the families gifted each other their created works.
“As a socially responsible operator, Beeline continuously implements
programs that make life better. I believe that in the scope of this
program together with the Cafesjian Center for the Arts we will be
able to grant positive mood and bright impressions not only to the
children but also to their parents, making this summer unforgettable
and interesting.” – stated Tatev Ayrumyan, Public Relations Manager of
Beeline Armenia.
“Summer Sculpture Garden gives a new creative stimulus to program
participants, who not only get better acquainted with the selected
artists and their artworks, but also have an opportunity to reproduce,
introduce and gift their unique reproductions to fellow participant
families. We thank Beeline for its continuous support to our
educational programs” – stated Mr. Vahagn Marabyan, the Acting
Executive Director of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts.
The program participants expressed their gratitude and contentment to
the Cafesjian Center for the Arts and Beeline, for organizing such an
interesting, educational and creative program for families.
International children’s day
On June 1, the Cafesjian Center for the Arts with the support of
ARMENTEL CJSC organized a festive event to mark the International
Child Protection Day.
Thousands of children from different parts of Armenia with their
parents gathered at the Cafesjian Sculpture Garden to participate in
the festive program of the day comprised of creative workshops.
Children music groups with their wonderful performances granted
enormous joy to the participants concluding with surprising beautiful
performance of MIKADO band.
“The Cafesjian Center for the Arts celebrates the International Child
Protection Day every year with grand festivities preparing creative
and entertaining programs for its juvenile visitors. Year round they
can participate at various children educational programs organized at
the Center and enjoy the creative atmosphere of the museum. We thank
ARMENTEL Company and Chief Executive Officer Andrey Pyatakhin for
their support for organizing this event,” stated Mr. Vahagn Marabyan,
the Acting Executive Director of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts.
Andrey Pyatakhin, Chief Executive Officer of ARMENTEL CJSC also came
up with a welcoming speech noting, “The Child Protection Day is one of
the brightest events for me. I heartily congratulate all of us with
this wonderful event and wish that the bright mood and excitement
accompany you year round. ARMENTEL CJSC as a socially responsible
operator will continue supporting all programs that will make life
better”.
To note that Cafesjian Center for the Arts granted Corporate
Membership of a Benefactor level to ARMENTEL CJSC in 2011 for
supporting children and youth educational and creative programs.
The Cafesjian Center for the Arts (CCA) is dedicated to bringing the
best of contemporary art to Armenia and presenting the best of
Armenian culture to the world. Having celebrated its grand opening in
November 2009, CCA continues to exhibit unique works of modern art,
offers a wide variety of exhibitions and a diverse program of
lectures, films, concerts, and numerous educational initiatives for
children and adults. The annual visitation of the Cafesjian Center for
the Arts exceeds 1,000,000 people.
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