Istanbul hosts Hrair Sarkissian’s exhibitNovember 17, 2011 - 13:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Salt Beyoğlu, Istanbul, is hosting a new exhibition featuring the works of Hrair Sarkissian. In Sarkissian’s works, landscape and the urban environment become stages for the expression of moments in history. Employing traditional documentary techniques, his photographs express the hidden paradox existing between the beauty and constancy of the surroundings and the potential realities they conceal, Hurriyet Daily News reports. The exhibition will last until the end of December. A heir of Armenian Genocide survivors, Sarkissian spent two months in Istanbul in 2010 documenting the history sections of various semi-private and public libraries and archives in the city, from the Archaeological Museum and Topkapı Palace Libraries to the Atatürk Library in Taksim, the Ottoman Archives of the Prime Ministry General Directorate of State, and the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre. Sarkissian studied photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Current exhibitions include the third Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Greece, (2011) and Facing Mirrors, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece (2011). His recent exhibitions also include Out of Place at TATE Modern, London, and Darat Al Funun. The Salt Beyoğlu exhibition is organized with the support of the Kalfayan Galleries, Athens-Thessaloniki. 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 | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |