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Dialogue, 160x 200cm, oil on canvas, by Vahan Bego 2006
The following interview was conducted and edited by Marcin Kubicki, for Moda i Styl. It is translated by Loosavor and reproduced here with permission.
Q – Do you think that everyone is an artist?
A – Yes! Yes! Everyone is an artist, God and a fallen angel all at once. I think that humans are nothing, just ordinary biological bacteria making a mess of the world, and only consciousness of who one is can justify our existence on this planet. Let everyone define themselves by their creativity.
Figure in Red Air by Vahan Bego, 2004, dry pastel & charcoal pencil on paper, 50cm x 70 cm
This work has recently been bought by Royal Talens and added to their collection.
A Kiss, Vahan Bego 1993
This film was produced in the summer of 2005. It was edited and put together by Vahan Bego and Maciej Sierpień.
The exhibition only consists of works done by Vahan in Poland, between 1993 and 2005, and contains none of his works produced in Armenia.
The music was produced and synchronised by Henry Tod.
© Vahan Bego
Part One: Sketches & Drawings
Myśli o Babilonie/Thoughts of Babylon 100 x 70 cm Vahan Bego, Pastel, 2004
Produced in response to the death of Waldemar Milewicz in May 2004.
The Dream of Don Quixote, 70 x 100cm, Vahan Bego, Pastel, May 2006
Continue reading ""the thing is to turn crazy without any provocation"" »
Nani's Nude, Vahan Bego, June 2006, Bronze @ Ventzi Gallery, Poznań
Most Teatralny (Theatre Bridge)
Khor Virab Monastery With Mount Ararat in the background
Detail from Saint Sebastian, 100 x 70 cm, Vahan Bego, pastel, May 2006
A 'small gift' from Fala, a guitarist from Sweet Noise, the ex X-man.
The graffiti of cantwo is the tip of an evolutionary lineage which has accumulated and refined optimal designs. It is traditional for graffiti artists to assert and insist on their originality, and to depise those who copy or 'bite'. However, this makes little sense in terms of evolutionary development, which modifies and 'perfects' existing designs, rather than continually starting from scratch. There are optimal and suboptimal shapes for letters: some graffiti templates for the letter 'C' are aesthetically pleasing, while others are not. A writer's calibre should be judged on the orginality with which they modify pre-existing designs; on how they take the template to another level. Cantwo is on top of the game in this regard.
Graffiti is a prime example of memetic evolution: it passes on techniques, shapes and colour schemes from one continent to the next, from one city to the next (horizontal meme transmission), and from one generation to the next (vertical meme transmission). In graffiti natural selection operates by ruthlessly eliminating the wack - only the wildest, most dynamic and most perfectly executed designs are assured a future.
Continue reading "Graffiti Evolution: Building on Existing Design" »
Zbieracz Chrustu (The Brushwood Gatherer), pastel on card, 2005
Miłosna Kompzycja pt. Vulkan, by the artist Vahan Bego, demands some processing.
A few things that could be borne in mind:
• Love Composition Volcano, a fairly epic painting, weighs in at 140cm by 200cm. Though it is obviously best seen ‘in the flesh’, some of its power can be felt in the claustrophobic confines of JPEG.
• Quite exceptionally for this day and age, the painting was executed entirely in oil paint.
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