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    CAFESJIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS COMMEMORATES THE 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    armradio.am
    21.04.2010 14:00

    Special event featuring the American-Armenian artist and a Genocide
    survivor Arshile Gorky will be organized on April 21st and 22nd in
    the Cafesjian Center for the Arts to pay tribute to the 1.5 million
    Armenians annihilated by the Young Turk Government of the Ottoman
    Empire.

    The event titled "Silent Victims. Arshie Gorky" will commence with a
    lecture by Shahen Khachatryan, the Director of Arshile Gorky Museum
    in Holy See Etchmiadzin, exploring Gorky's work in the context of
    the Genocide and its profound impact on the life and art of the artist.

    Extracts from Gorky's letters will be recited. The presentation of
    the book "Color of the Pain" by Shahen Khachatryan describing the
    consequences of the Genocide on Armenian fine arts will take place
    after the lecture. A documentary by Karen Adamyan will be presented
    to the public, introducing Arshile Gorky's world to the viewers.

    "The Armenian Genocide left a significant and deep influence on the
    life of Arshile Gorky, who was born in Van and became a witness of
    the tragedy," Shahen Khachatryan said.

    Gorky fled Western Armenia during the genocide of 1915 and witnessed
    the death of his mother from starvation. Many of his paintings were
    often speculated to depict the suffering and loss of the period. In
    the letters sent to his sister, Gorky often referred to the Genocide
    as "the death march of our relatives and dearest friends", bitterly
    recalling the circumstances of his mother's death.
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