Vartan
Tovmasian is a painter and sculptor already acclaimed both in Armenia and
abroad, whose masterpieces have been exhibited at the Armenian National
Gallery and the Modern ArtMuseum,
as well as in international galleries in Moscow, Paris and Beirut.
His
art is morally inspired by the achievements of the 1960s and is nurtured
by deep classicism or the pure sources of contemporary art. It is based
on humanism and the artistic expression of human ideals. The highly cultured
artist’s over-expression (like Van Gogh’s, Stravinsky’s and Dali’s
explosive portrayals) is transfigured through the uninhibited use of color
and graphics into tender artistic lines.
The
black and white surface, the variations of free-colored lines, and the
flexibility of the drawn line deliver extraordinary liveliness, dynamic
uneasiness, theatrical composition and high artistic quality to Vartan’s
overtures. The artist’s inclination towards classical depths and mystery
is, however, coupled with a vision of the New and the recycling of the
Old (at least in terms of the subjects ).
The
great series conditionally entitled ‘Models’, ‘Theatres’ and ‘Don Quixote’,
as well as the motives entitled ‘The Painter and the Models’, ‘Circus Actors’
and ‘Allegory’, are only a partial listing of his thematic boundaries that
earned him fame not only amongst us but also in world art centers and capricious
places such as Paris.
Poghos Haytayan - Art critic
