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May 11, 2023
Gayane Arushanian "Chaos & Harmony"
Gayane Arushanian is a multidisciplinary artist from Kyiv. She is the founder of the School of Experimental Art in Kyiv and the G-ART STUDIO in Zaporizhzhia.
Gayané is not only an outstanding artist, but she also has a Master's in Urban Construction and Design and Economic Cybernetics from the Zaporizhzhia State Engineering Academy.
Her mathematical knowledge and her artistic eye and love for colour enable her to create shapes, forms and colour patterns oscillating between harmony and chaos.
She says:
I have always believed that art was and is the source, the way, and the opportunity to be honest with myself and the world around me. Equilibrium is about finding the balance of the image of the world, the world within. Colour, shapes and composition are the only criteria of harmony for me. There is an ideal state of the world around - Chaos! And all of this is in the indefinite darkness that you and I reveal every day.
Gayané was born in Armenia and had to flee her home when the first war between Armenia and Azerbaijan broke out. The Russian invasion of Ukraine on the 24th of February 2022 made a lot of those memories resurface.
Today, we want to take a look at Gayané's very personal story of becoming an artist, the Ukrainian art world in a more general way and the challenges it faces because of the war.
And a lot more, of course.
It is a great pleasure and privilege to have her in the Yellow Van today!
SHOW NOTES
Cybernetics
ARC Gallery, Chicago
City of Kherson
City of Uman
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Khmelnytsky Uprising
Fibonacci Sequence
Berlin Ensemble
Gaia, Greek goddess
Gayane's Inspiration
Yuryi Khymych (painter)
Arkhyp Kuindzhi (painter)
Vasyl Symonenko (poet)
Myroslav Skoryk (composer)
Sergei Parajanov (film director)
Gayane Online
Gayane's Online Art Classes:
www.airbnb.ru/experiences/1008843
Gayane on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/gaya_arushanian
Gayane's Website:
www.gayanearushanian.com
Gayane on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gayane-arushanian-702409ab
New York Group Exhibition "Design On A Dime"
MUSIC
Love In The Face Of Fear, Jim Kroft
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