ESSAYS
MANTRA - An Essay by Dr. Tom Flynn
Armen Agop is best known for his sculptures in black granite whose purity of form and texture seem to belie the laborious processes that brought them into being. The current exhibition offers a glimpse into another, lesser-known aspect of Agop’s...
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THE RIDDLES OF THE ABSTRACT SPHINX by Rubén de la Nuez
"The sand of the desert, upon which I used to be, (now) confronts me; and it is in order to cause that you do what is in my heart that I have waited."
Thutmose IV (Dream Stele, 1401 BC)
"I insist upon the equal existence of the world...
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DOUBLE IDENTITY by Maurizio Vanni
The formation of identity is a long process that involves every person in the early years of his existence, in fact it begins in the early stages of a child's development and consolidates in adulthood. In some ways, we might say that one of the main...
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INTERNAL GRAVITY by Anne Wallace Thomson
Internal Gravity
They sit, like silent sentinels, an army of giant water lilies in a still pond, stones in a Zen garden. Yet, despite their size and arresting form, they do not actively call out to the viewer, demanding to be seen. Rather, like planets...
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ARMEN AGOP by Rebecca Bell
Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it. Whoever has polished it more sees more — more unseen forms become manifest to him. -Rumi, Sufi mystic*
An enchanting rhythm...
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THE MAN AND THE STONE by Victor Hugo Riego
Man and Stone.
Armen Agop’s sculptures repose in a secretly precarious stillness. These seemingly anchored forms consent
to movement when pressed to it by our hands. Later, they inexorably return to their original position. As a
result of...
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ARMEN AGOP by Ilaria Cipriani
ARMEN AGOP
A ray of sun interrupts the blackness and ignites in throbbing flakes; some drops of rain and the granite is polished by tears; with the touch of a caress the form awakens, gently oscillating, like a living thing. Then it is possible to enjoy...
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ARMEN AGOP by Ahmed Fouad Selim
Armen Agop
The sculpture resembles what it should be, although by its own nature of stone it could be the opposite of the visible, and it could be a proof of the invisible in the representations of the mind.
Armen Agop confines us within the dimensions...
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