Saturday, 23 May 2015
PM attends opening of exhibition of works by Levon Tutundjyan
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan visited today the National Art Gallery of Armenia to attend the opening of an exposition of works by outstanding Armenian surrealist Levon Tutunjyan, which was dedicated to the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide.
The Head of Government toured the exhibition getting acquainted with the works on display. The exhibition features the Yellow Mask, Tutunjyan’s famous surrealist work on the Armenian Genocide, as well as 24 drawings and 3 sculptures of different styles.
Since 1925, Tutunjyan’s works have been on display in famous European halls, including the surrealist art show staged at Gallerie Pierre in Paris in 1933 next to other works authored by Picasso, Dali, Breton, Miro, Magritte, Giacometti, and others.
The Yellow Mask, which is one of the best works by an artist who was a genocide survivor were last displayed in 1988 at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. The graphics are exceptional examples of abstraction, tachisme and surrealism dating back to 1920-60.
The Premier next took the opportunity to view the works brought together in a Genocide Centenary-dedicated exposition entitled “Testimony.”
The exhibition represents works by genocide survivors and their descendants - painting, drawing, sculpture and decorative arts - including some 300 postcards stored in the collections of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute under the name of “Western Armenia and representation of Armenian massacres in postcards.” The exposition also features works by Grigor Aghasyan on the topic of genocide.
