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INTERNATIONAL ART SCENE
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fews summers ago, while visiting friends in East Hamp- that captures a specific but difficult-to-explain emotion.
Armenian artist by the name of Tigran, who had settled ican Mirror, starring Tigran, American screen icon and Academy
ton, I had the random pleasure of meeting a young
in New York some years before.
When people tell me they’re an artist, I tend to take it
very lightly: after all, it seems that every other person is an
“artist” here in Laguna Beach. Little did I grasp the sheer
talent and fresh artistic style that Tigran possessed. It turns
out that his art is gaining impressive momentum in the
international art scene, and after seeing some of his works,
Recently, Tigran was the subject of a documentary film, Amer-
Award-winning Susan Sarandon, actress/model Florence Faivre,
and New York Art Critic Donald Kuspit. The film debuted in
early November in Los Angeles at the DOCS film festival, where
it won honors for Best Innovative Film, Best Composer, Best
Cinematography and was the winner of the Parajanov-Vartanov
Institute Award.
Tigran goes down as one of the more interesting artists
it’s easy to see why. I’ve met in recent years. You can view his works at www.tti-
finish a single piece, and the end result has astounding photo- here: https://www.facebook.com/TigranTsitoghdzyan/vide-
He paints with oil on canvas, typically taking several months to
graphic detail, and at the same time embodies a surreal quality
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