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    PRESS RELEASE
    Black Maria Gallery
    Contact: Zara Zeitountsian
    323. 660 9393
    [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]

    Against the backdrop of gender politics, the ever-evolving roles of
    men and women, and particularly the cultural underpinnings that inform
    tradition and change, the 'Knights and Hunters' exhibition examines
    our understanding of what could be described as the gentleman's ethos
    on the one hand, and the Don Juan complex on the other.

    Sam Saghatelian and friends in
    KNIGHTS AND HUNTERS


    Black Maria Gallery: 3137 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90039
    Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12pm until 6pm (or by appointment)

    Los Angeles-Sam Saghatelian, the chief curator of Black Maria and a
    multi-faceted artist, invited his fellow friends, Ken Garduno, Jason
    Hernandez, Michael C. Hsiung to explore the complex interconnectedness
    of chivalry and machismo. "Knights and Hunters," a new group
    exhibition will open on Saturday, June 13, at 7 PM.

    "Against the backdrop of gender politics, the ever-evolving roles of
    men and women, and particularly the cultural underpinnings that inform
    tradition and change, the 'Knights and Hunters' exhibition examines
    our understanding of what could be described as the gentleman's ethos
    on the one hand, and the Don Juan complex on the other," Saghatelian
    explained.

    "As the works included in the exhibition shed light on the many
    ironies of what it might mean to be a man in the contemporary world,
    they reveal the comical, the shocking and not-so-shocking, and
    sometimes the downright grotesque," Saghatelian continued. "So it is
    that many of the works are tongue-in-cheek and unabashedly over the
    top. But perhaps the most important thread running through these works
    is that of a certain loving curiosity, and ultimately an insistence on
    pointing at a common humanity beyond the politics and stereotypes."
    "Knights and Hunters" will remain open through Friday, July 11, 2009.



    Sam Saghatelian

    Sam Saghatelian was born and raised in Armenia. He worked as an
    architect until in 1988. At the brink of the collapse of the USSR and
    Armenia's independence, Saghatelian began his journey as an artist. He
    exhibited in the Armenian Pavilion at the 2001 Venice Biennale and his
    works are part of the permanent collection of the Armenian Museum of
    Contemporary Art. In 2003, Saghatelian moved to Los Angeles to
    continue his journey as an artist. Since relocating in LA, he has
    exhibited at APG Gallery in Atlanta, Black Maria Gallery in Los
    Angeles, Articultural Gallery in Los Angeles, Harvest Gallery in Los
    Angeles and will be showing at La Luz De Jesus in May of 2008.



    Sam Saghatelian about his ON BLACK series

    My habitat is in the land of memories and it is constructed of paper
    and canvas.

    The walls of my mental domicile are made of photos from my family
    albums, letters, sketches, erotic cutouts and scribbles. I live in a
    land of haze and fog, where it is impossible to separate fact from
    fiction and reality from imagination. The moment my present takes form
    on the canvas, it belongs to the past, and anything that is committed
    to memory tends to age, disintegrate and morphe into an imagined,
    often idealized reality.

    My world is the world of silent movies. The black canvas is the
    silence and the action is almost always accompanied by writing, yet
    none of it is coherent, because my unconscious is merely trying to
    find a composition for the chaotic flow of information and emotion.

    Here, in this black and white world of mine, almost everything appears
    out of context; my father, his friends, the pin up girl, a quote, the
    house I grew up in, a word, the woman I love, my obsessions, my
    fears...they all take part in constructing the big picture, and in the
    final analysis, I am the big picture. Me, committing my present to the
    past, in silence.
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