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    DR. JACK KEVORKIAN'S ART, BELONGINGS TO BE SOLD

    CBS News
    Sept 30 2011

    (AP) DETROIT - Paintings, writings and the iconic blue sweater of
    assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian are going up for auction,
    his attorney and close friend said Friday.

    Lawyer Mayer Morganroth said the late pathologist's artwork and items
    will be sold in late October at the New York Institute of Technology.

    Scheduled for auction are more than 20 paintings, Kevorkian's art kit
    and the sweaters he became known for donning during his high-profile
    assistance in the suicides of dozens of people in the 1990s.

    Many of the paintings depict death or dying, and are often intended to
    provoke or disturb. One of those up for auction is entitled "Genocide,"
    and features a bloody head being dangled by the hair and held by the
    hands of two soldiers. One wears a German military uniform from World
    War II and the other a Turkish uniform from World War I.

    Morganroth said Kevorkian wanted to depict the mass killings of
    Armenians and xxxs during World I and World War II, respectively. The
    doctor was of Armenian descent.

    "Just looking at it, you can say (it's) grotesque," Morganroth said.

    "They were to make a point, like any art."

    CBS Detroit first reported the auction plan.

    Morganroth said he doesn't know the value of the collection but most
    of the proceeds will go to Kevorkian's sole heir - a niece - and the
    charity Kicking Cancer for Kids. Morganroth said the timing was right
    to sell the items, since there was interest from several auction houses
    and the broader art world, as well as a desire to settle the estate.

    The Associated Press left a message seeking comment with the New York
    Institute of Technology.

    Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999, and was
    released from prison in 2007. He died in June at the age of 83.

    Suburban Detroit art gallery owner Anne Kuffler, who has twice
    displayed Kevorkian's work and sells signed and numbered lithographs
    of six of his works for $500 apiece, said she was offered $100,000
    for one of his original paintings during the first exhibit of his
    work in 1994. Kuffler, owner of the Ariana Gallery in Royal Oak,
    suspects that the value has only increased since then.

    "I had several orders for his prints this morning," she said.

    Kuffler recalled an argument with Kevorkian, who painted the frame of
    "Genocide" with his own blood and wanted to have a skeleton with an
    IV flowing through it next to the painting.

    "He said, 'I want to show how horrible it is, I want people to be
    upset by it,'" Kuffler said. "I said, 'If you haven't portrayed it
    in your painting, then you haven't succeeded.'"

    Many of the paintings have been hanging at the Armenian Library and
    Museum of America in Watertown, Mass., which also has a collection
    of his compositions and writings. Kevorkian was also a keen musician
    and composer.

    "I think the legacy is showing the many facets of him and his
    capabilities," Morganroth said. "He was a multi-talented man."

    Hayastan or Bust.

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    • #42
      Re: Armenian Art works

      A lesser-known film from 1967 by Sergei Parajanov, about the 19th-century Armenian painter Hakob Hovnatanyan.

      Plenipotentiary meow!

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      • #43
        Re: Armenian Art works

        Originally posted by bell-the-cat View Post
        A lesser-known film from 1967 by Sergei Parajanov, about the 19th-century Armenian painter Hakob Hovnatanyan.

        It's been made private.

        I have to say, though, I'm loving the Cafesjian Center's YouTube channel. The channel hosts full-length videos of presentations, lectures, and events on Armenian art that have been held at the Cafesjian Center for the Arts (Cascade). I just watched one called "Yerevan: View from the Future," which focuses on how Armenian painters have presented Yerevan. I just wish they'd add English subtitles so non-Armenian speaking viewers could also enjoy the presentations.

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        • #44
          Re: Armenian Art works

          Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
          Feb 8 2014


          Artifacts from ancient site Ani on view at Kars Museum

          KARS - Anadolu Agency

          Objects unearthed during excavations in the ancient Ani, as well as
          metal work, glass work and coins are on display at the Kars Museum

          Ancient pieces that have been unearthed since 1965 during excavations
          at the ancient site of Ani, which is located between the border of
          Armenia and the eastern Turkish province of Kars, are being displayed
          at the Kars Museum. The pieces date back to at least 2,000 years ago.

          Kars Museum Director Necmettin Alp said the ancient site of Ani was
          the first trade city from the Caucasus to the entrance of Anatolia and
          therefore it had international significance.

          He said the pieces unearthed in Ani, one of the most important ancient
          sites in Turkey, were covering an area of 85 hectares, adding, `Ani
          had a population of 20,000 people and trade vas very active there.
          Life continued in the ancient city until the 15th century. During this
          time, mosques, churches, baths, palaces, structures of civil
          architecture examples and castles had been built within a
          five-kilometer long city wall.'

          Alp noted the whole ancient city was a first-degree archaeological
          area and continued, `Its vicinity was also declared as a third-degree
          archaeological area. Excavations have been continuing there since
          1965. Earthenware pieces found during these excavations, metal work,
          glass work and coins are on display at the Kars Museum. Excavations
          started in 1965 with Professor Kemal Baltan are still ongoing. Between
          1989 and 2004, Professor Beyhan KaramaÄ?aralı maintained excavations.
          Since 2005, work continued under the leadership of Professor YaÅ?ar
          Çoruhlu for five years. The Kars Museum Directorate has also been
          leading the excavations since 2001.'

          New area

          Alp said archaeological excavations had been completed at the Ancient
          Road, Ebu Manucehr Mosque, the Seljuk Bath and PolatoÄ?lu Church in
          Ani, and for this year's excavations, they had determined a new area
          close to the Bostanlı River outside the city walls.

          He said thousands of objects unearthed in Ani were in the museum.
          `During the first three-year excavation term, between 1965 and 1967,
          Balkan brought more than a thousand pieces. KaramaÄ?aralı brought a
          similar number of objects over the 16 years. New ones were also
          brought to the museum after 2005. Now, the museum is home to thousands
          of pieces. These pieces are from the early Bronze Age, 5,000 years
          ago. The closest objects to our day dates back to 1,500 years ago.
          They are earthenware and metal work.'

          February/08/2014

          Objects unearthed during excavations in the ancient Ani, as well as metal work, glass work and coins are on display at the Kars Museum
          Hayastan or Bust.

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          • #45
            Re: Armenian Art works

            Originally posted by Haykakan View Post
            Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
            Feb 8 2014


            Artifacts from ancient site Ani on view at Kars Museum

            KARS - Anadolu Agency

            Objects unearthed during excavations in the ancient Ani, as well as
            metal work, glass work and coins are on display at the Kars Museum

            Ancient pieces that have been unearthed since 1965 during excavations
            at the ancient site of Ani, which is located between the border of
            Armenia and the eastern Turkish province of Kars, are being displayed
            at the Kars Museum. The pieces date back to at least 2,000 years ago.

            Kars Museum Director Necmettin Alp said the ancient site of Ani was
            the first trade city from the Caucasus to the entrance of Anatolia and
            therefore it had international significance.

            He said the pieces unearthed in Ani, one of the most important ancient
            sites in Turkey, were covering an area of 85 hectares, adding, `Ani
            had a population of 20,000 people and trade vas very active there.
            Life continued in the ancient city until the 15th century. During this
            time, mosques, churches, baths, palaces, structures of civil
            architecture examples and castles had been built within a
            five-kilometer long city wall.'

            Alp noted the whole ancient city was a first-degree archaeological
            area and continued, `Its vicinity was also declared as a third-degree
            archaeological area. Excavations have been continuing there since
            1965. Earthenware pieces found during these excavations, metal work,
            glass work and coins are on display at the Kars Museum. Excavations
            started in 1965 with Professor Kemal Baltan are still ongoing. Between
            1989 and 2004, Professor Beyhan KaramaÄ?aralı maintained excavations.
            Since 2005, work continued under the leadership of Professor YaÅ?ar
            Çoruhlu for five years. The Kars Museum Directorate has also been
            leading the excavations since 2001.'

            New area

            Alp said archaeological excavations had been completed at the Ancient
            Road, Ebu Manucehr Mosque, the Seljuk Bath and PolatoÄ?lu Church in
            Ani, and for this year's excavations, they had determined a new area
            close to the Bostanlı River outside the city walls.

            He said thousands of objects unearthed in Ani were in the museum.
            `During the first three-year excavation term, between 1965 and 1967,
            Balkan brought more than a thousand pieces. KaramaÄ?aralı brought a
            similar number of objects over the 16 years. New ones were also
            brought to the museum after 2005. Now, the museum is home to thousands
            of pieces. These pieces are from the early Bronze Age, 5,000 years
            ago. The closest objects to our day dates back to 1,500 years ago.
            They are earthenware and metal work.'

            February/08/2014

            http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/art...&NewsCatID=375
            Translation of the above - every object the Kars museum has from Ani arrived either in the 1960s, from Baltan's very limited but professional excavations, or from casual finds given by members of the public. Anything found during Karamagarali's 15 years of destructions at Ani were either thrown away, lost, stolen, sold, destroyed, or are hidden away in the mysterious "warehouse" that nobody has ever seen.
            Plenipotentiary meow!

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            • #46
              Re: Armenian Art works

              AMERICAN ARTIST TO PRESENT PROJECT DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AT FOURTEENTH ISTANBUL BIENNIAL

              12:27, 20 August, 2015

              YEREVAN, AUGUST 20, 2015. Often engaging with found objects and
              sculpture in his research-based practice, American artist Michael
              Rakowitz creates installations and participatory events to instantiate
              counternarratives to received histories in site-specific contexts.

              Armenpress reports, citing artforum.com, that the exhibition opens at
              the Galata Greek School on September 5 and is on view through November
              1, 2015. Here he discusses The Flesh Is Yours, The Bones Are Ours,
              2015, his commissioned work for the Fourteenth Istanbul Biennial,
              which is curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. Rakowitz's project
              laterally approaches the subject of the 1915 Armenian genocide through
              the traditions of craft and architecture.

              The title of this work comes from the parents of a young child who
              was given over to a master craftsman to become an apprentice. Kemal
              Cimbiz, a Turkish man now in his seventies, was the youth, and the
              craftsman was the Armenian plaster caster Garabet Cezayirliyan, who
              is responsible for many of the molds, friezes, and architectural
              flourishes one finds throughout Istanbul. It was very rare for a
              Turk to be given over to an Armenian master. The Armenians were the
              artistic and artisanal class. As in many places, they were looked
              down upon. Manual labor--which included being an architect or a
              builder--was seen as something for the minorities.

              The poetic thing about these friezes, however, is that they show
              traces of Armenian hands and fingers, which bear silent witness to
              what happened during the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire in
              1915 and after.

              The project also dwells in the intersection between Kemal Cimbiz's
              craft and an old Greek school in the Galata neighborhood of Istanbul.

              Hayastan or Bust.

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