Famed Armenian sculptor Ara Shiraz dies at 73March 18, 2014 - 14:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Famed Armenian sculptor Ara Shiraz died at age 73 on the night of March 18 from the second cerebral stroke. Shiraz had been hospitalized in late February after a stroke. Born in Yerevan in 1941, Shiraz is the son of prominent Armenian poet Hovhannes Shiraz and poetess Silva Kaputikian. Having graduated from the Yerevan Institute of Theater and Fine Arts, Shiraz displayed his works at numerous exhibitions around the world including Moscow, Leningrad, Tbilisi, Paris. He authored monuments to Armenian poets Paruyr Sevak (Yerevan, 1974), Yeghishe Charents (Charencavan , 1977), political leader Alexander Miasnikyan (Yerevan, 1980) and U.S.-Armenian writer William Saroyan (Yerevan Pantheon , 1991). In 1987, the sculptor he was elected president of the Union of Artists of Armenia. Shiraz’s works are on display in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Armenia, National Gallery, Moscow Tretyakov Gallery, in many private collections in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tbilisi, Yerevan, Beirut, Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and Montreal. Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. 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 | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |