  Golden Apricot fest features Arshile Gorky’s bio helmed by artist’s grandkid July 11, 2012 - 17:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Cosima Spender’s “Without Gorky” was featured at Golden Apricot Yerevan-hosted international film festival. The film follows the last 7 years of the famous Armenian-American painter Arshile Gorky through the eyes of her granddaughter, British helmer Cosima Spender. “My grandmother was 18 when she met Gorky, then a 40 year-old-man. It was with my grandma that he came to realize the meaning of a family, unknown to him since childhood. My grandmother held him shed the somber painting stile and fining the abstract expressionism,” she said. The film revolves around the 3 generation of women in Arshile Gorky’s life – his mother, wife and granddaughter.   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
