  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 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”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
