On the 12th of March 2015 the\u00a0 Cafesjian Center for the Arts presented the first exhibition of 2015\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 \u201cSahak Poghosyan: silence of my grandmother\u2019s eyes\u201d.\u00a0There was presented\u00a0 one of \u00a0the largest projects of Sahak Poghosyan, which consists of eleven works. Curator of the exhibition is\u00a0 Nazareth Garoyan.\u00a0\u00a0In his project, Sahak Poghosyan announces the theme of\u00a0 Armenian Genocide in 1915, which for many years was the cause of his great-grandmother\u2019s silence.\u00a0Nine of the works are made of multi-colored fabric\u00a0 of ancient Armenian Mendaro (veil), sealed in wax.\u00a0This is a unique method of sealing and covering up the\u00a0memories \u00a0under a thick layer of wax.\u00a0At the same time, the artist does not hide the pain and in another work he presents\u00a0 his great-grandmother\u2019s earrings as a another metaphor for the memories,\u00a0 that perceived as\u00a0 scared and petrified eyes.\u00a0At the end of the evening Sahak Poghosyan gifted to\u00a0 attendees the catalog of the exhibition with his autograph.<\/p>\n
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