Two Armenian artists showcase paintings in Fresno due to LA wildfires

FRESNO, Calif. (KGPE/KSEE) – The Armenian Museum of Fresno is celebrating 2 world-renowned artists who hap to beryllium brothers. Paylak and Kaytsak Vanikian person much than 60 of their paintings connected show successful Fresno, but the grounds was primitively expected to beryllium held successful Southern California.

“They travel from the different broadside of the satellite and extremity up having thing and getting disappointed. Landing successful this onshore with that melodramatic concern wherever a batch of our countrymen mislaid their house, their properties. I wanted to bash thing that would cheer up their tone successful a way,” Tamara Hovhannesyan said.

Tamara Hovhannesyan owns an creation assemblage successful Carmel. She heard that the 2 artists were without a venue for their grounds owed to the Los Angeles wildfires, truthful she called her bully person successful Fresno for help. 

“She contacted maine personally and said Varoujan, they are successful request of an exhibition. They’re sitting present for 2 months with nothing. And her docket is benignant of heavy, truthful tin you marque abstraction for them,” Armenian Museum Director Varoujan Der Simonian said.

The depository was presented the accidental and situation to big the stunning artworks.

“Monday, Tuesday, the past 2 days trying to acceptable it up. Since I had not seen the creation up of time, it was hard to curate it until you are acquainted with the art. Nonstop with nary luncheon interruption from 9 successful the greeting until 6 p.m., we finished it,” Der Simonian said.

Now, for the archetypal time, these 2 brothers get to showcase their creation successful Fresno.

“I’ve ne'er shown my creation successful Fresno. I’ve been to antithetic parts of the US. It’s precise important to person the sentiment of the radical who unrecorded successful Fresno, not conscionable Armenians but Americans too,” Kayak Vanikian said.

The artists volition 1 time instrumentality to Southern California, but for now, Fresno gets to enjoy.

“My anticipation is that this amusement volition beryllium beneficial for the metropolis due to the fact that this is simply a spot wherever a batch of Armenians started their lives from thing and ended up being noble citizens of this large federation of ours,” Hovhannesyan said.

The Armenian Museum of Fresno is unfastened Monday done Friday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the grounds volition beryllium determination until Feb. 28.