Exhibit Features Work of Armenian Artist from Watertown

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Talin Megherian—Kiss the Ground, part of the exhibition series that examines and celebrates contemporary Armenian art that will overlap the centennial memorialization of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

Talin Megherian—Kiss the Ground, part of the exhibition series that examines and celebrates contemporary Armenian art that will overlap the centennial memorialization of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

 

The Thompson Gallery at CSW announced “Talin Megherian—Kiss the Ground,” the second exhibition in a five-part exhibition series that examines and celebrates contemporary Armenian art, organized to overlap the centennial memorialization of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

The series explores Armenian culture from different vantage points; yet intersect on themes of memory, loss and celebration. The second exhibition in the series focuses on the abstract-narrative paintings of Talin Megherian (Watertown, MA) and her interest in the stories and traditions of the Armenian people, compromised by the atrocities of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Megherian’s work explores collective Armenian memory, the memories of her family and Armenian women in particular, through eclectic and colorful abstractions that are lavishly bejeweled by images of Armenian artifacts, historical events, and literary references.

“There are tragic stories from both sides of my family,” said Megherian. “I feel compelled to give them a voice—in part, for a people that have not healed, in part for myself, and in part for my family that still remembers.”

Megherian is the Art Studio Director at the Atrium School, (Watertown, MA), were she also teaches after school programs and private classes. Talin Megherian—Kiss the Ground is the artist’s first solo exhibition in the Boston area.

The final show in the series, Kiss the Ground—A New Armenia, is itself divided into three segments in two locations.

Kiss The Ground—A New Armenia parts one and two are on exhibit at the Armenian Library and Museum in Watertown Square from December 6, 2014 – January 20, 2015 (part one) and January 25 – March 1, 2015 (part two) respectively.

The first exhibit brings together the work of Gail Boyajian, Adrienne Der Marderosian, Aida Laleian, Talin Megherian,Yefkin, Megherian, Kevork Mourad, Marsha Odabashian and Jessica Sperandio.

The second show looks at the work of Gagik Aroutiunian, John Avakian, Jackie Kazarian, and Apo Torosyan.

Kiss the Ground—A New Armenia part three (Thompson Gallery, March 30 to June 13, 2015) is a group exhibition that brings together a collection of Armenian artists working in diverse media: John Avakian’s (social justice print-making), Gail Boyajian’s (allegorical painting), Adrienne Der Marderosian (works on paper), Jackie Kazarian (abstract painting), Aida Laleian (digital collage), Yefkin Megherian (bronze bas-reliefs), Marsha Odabashian (installation art), Kevork Mourad (gestural painting), and Apo Torosyan (film).

“The title of the series comes from the etymological roots of an Armenian word for worship, ‘yergurbakootyoon.’ A word that translates literally to mean ‘kissing the ground,’ and implies the idea of ‘effort.’ Yergurbakootyoon also suggests veneration for land, for home, for country, for people, and for a way of living,” said Gallery Director and CSW Visual Arts Teacher Todd Bartel.

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