About the Show Upon representing
the Armenian pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale, Boghossian is now showcasing a continuation of paintings with several directives in mind.
Not exact matches
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide, it noted, and their official commendation said that the
pavilion «marks the resilience of transcultural confluence and exchanges.»
I invited her to discuss the
Armenian participation and how her work engages with the
pavilion's narrative, our transcription is below.
Entitled Armenity — a term inspired by the diaspora of
Armenian artists and intellectuals around the world — the
pavilion embraces the work of eighteen contemporary artists, all of which are descendants of
Armenian Genocide survivors.
The award for best national
pavilion went to Armenia, whose exhibition, «Armenity,» featured a group of artists from the
Armenian diaspora who, as organizers of the show wrote, are «grandchildren of survivors of the
Armenian Genocide — the first genocide of the 20th century» and builders of «a «transnational assembly» from the remnants of a shattered identity.»