{"id":94092,"date":"2011-05-10T17:46:56","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T12:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=94092"},"modified":"2011-05-10T18:19:46","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T13:19:46","slug":"photos-contemporary-art-is-an-extravagance-in-armenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2011\/05\/10\/photos-contemporary-art-is-an-extravagance-in-armenia.html","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: &#8216;Contemporary Art is a Luxury in Armenia&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local artist Gor Yengoyan&#8217;s solo exhibit \u2014 titled &#8220;Contemporary Art is a Luxury in Armenia&#8221; \u2014 launched on May 8 at AJZ Space in Yerevan.<\/p>\n<p>Yengoyan, speaking to Epress.am, said the exhibit doesn&#8217;t have a concept, and all images were created in a single day. The title and the entire exhibit, according to Yengoyan, is &#8220;an expression that came from irritation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I work with and in contemporary art; however, being in contemporary art for a long time, I understood that it has remained rather limited in many manifestations: a slave to media; that is, media meaning a means, a tool,&#8221; said the artist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94062\" title=\"Gor1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor1-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94063\" title=\"Gor2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor2.jpg 450w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor2-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94064\" title=\"Gor3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor3.jpg 450w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor3-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94065\" title=\"Gor4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor4.jpg 450w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor4-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94067\" title=\"Gor6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor6.jpg 350w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor6-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94068\" title=\"Gor7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor7.jpg 350w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Gor7-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local artist Gor Yengoyan&#8217;s solo exhibit titled &#8220;Contemporary Art is an Extravagance in Armenia&#8221; 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