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Mekhitar Garabedian

My shelter is naught; that which leaks from the roof drops on the script and ruins it.

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Deploying a variety of media such as drawing, video, photography and installations, many of Mekhitar Garabedian’ s works draw from his experience as an immigrant and play on the humour and poetic qualities he finds between languages, cultures and histories. Just as his personal diasporic history is layered, his work echoes with a multiplicity of references to literature, music, philosophy and visual arts.

Artworks

MG07Untitled (musicians and their instruments)

Mekhitar Garabedian

MG07Untitled (musicians and their instruments)

2021

500 posters & file
73,5 x 58,5 cm
AP 1/
This book was completed . . . in much and infinite bitterness and grief.

Mekhitar Garabedian

This book was completed . . . in much and infinite bitterness and grief.

2023
Watercolor on paper
25 x 25 cm
It contains many and countless errors... my hand was trembling and my eyes could not see at all

Mekhitar Garabedian

It contains many and countless errors... my hand was trembling and my eyes could not see at all

2023
Watercolor on paper
25 x 25 cm
My shelter is naught; that which leaks from the roof drops on the script and ruins it.

Mekhitar Garabedian

My shelter is naught; that which leaks from the roof drops on the script and ruins it.

2023
Watercolor on paper
25 x 25 cm
I was in great anguish… because of the severity of the winter weather, the darkness during the daytime, and from the lighting at night… do not blame me, for this is the best I could do, because this place was dark and it was wintertime.

Mekhitar Garabedian

I was in great anguish… because of the severity of the winter weather, the darkness during the daytime, and from the lighting at night… do not blame me, for this is the best I could do, because this place was dark and it was wintertime.

2023
Watercolor on paper
25 x 25 cm
Calendars, 1997 & 2001

Mekhitar Garabedian

Calendars, 1997 & 2001

1997–ongoing
Collection of calendars
43 x 59 cm
49 x 68 cm
Calendars, 2002 & 2004

Mekhitar Garabedian

Calendars, 2002 & 2004

1997–ongoing
Collection of calendars
44 x 57,5 cm
49 x 68 cm
fig. a, a comme alphabet (shabeeg-parag)

Mekhitar Garabedian

fig. a, a comme alphabet (shabeeg-parag)

2020
Handmade carpet, wool, silk
240 x 180 cm
fig. a, a comme alphabet (ayp, pen, keem)

Mekhitar Garabedian

fig. a, a comme alphabet (ayp, pen, keem)

2020
Handmade carpet, wool, silk
210 x 180 cm
Library (Adnan, DeLillo, Godard, Vonnegut)

Mekhitar Garabedian

Library (Adnan, DeLillo, Godard, Vonnegut)

posters (with Céline Butaye)
51,5 x 37 cm
2019
Library (Adnand, DeLillo, Godard, Vonnegut)

Mekhitar Garabedian

Library (Adnand, DeLillo, Godard, Vonnegut)

Posters (with Céline Butaye)
50,5 x 36,5 cm
2019
Library (Adnan, DeLillo, Godard, Vonnegut)

Mekhitar Garabedian

Library (Adnan, DeLillo, Godard, Vonnegut)

posters (with Céline Butaye)
26 x 37 cm
2019
Valse d'Haleb

Mekhitar Garabedian

Valse d'Haleb

marker on wall
dimensions variable
2019
Untitled (La Maman, Ferré/Piaf)

Mekhitar Garabedian

Untitled (La Maman, Ferré/Piaf)

(detail)
Vinyl on wall, approx 2m x 5m
3 + 2 AP
2016-2017
Untitled (La Maman, Ferré/Piaf)

Mekhitar Garabedian

Untitled (La Maman, Ferré/Piaf)

(detail)
Vinyl on wall, approx 2m x 5m
3 + 2 AP
2016-2017
Untitled (La Maman, Ferré/Piaf)

Mekhitar Garabedian

Untitled (La Maman, Ferré/Piaf)

(detail)
Vinyl on wall, approx 2m x 5m
3 + 2 AP
2016-2017
Untitled (La Maman, Ferré/Piaf)

Mekhitar Garabedian

Untitled (La Maman, Ferré/Piaf)

(detail)
Vinyl on wall, approx 2m x 5m
3 + 2 AP
2016-2017
Table (Histoire de mes ancêtres) / Saint Lazare, Venise

Mekhitar Garabedian

Table (Histoire de mes ancêtres) / Saint Lazare, Venise

Ink on paper
100 x 69 cm / 100 x 134 cm
2013 - 2014
Fig.a, a comme alphabet

Mekhitar Garabedian

Fig.a, a comme alphabet

2009-2010
Pencil, pen and marker on paper
29 x 42 cm
Fig.a, a comme alphabet

Mekhitar Garabedian

Fig.a, a comme alphabet

2009-2010
Pencil, pen and marker on paper
29 x 42 cm
Musicians and their Instruments (2 x 5 figures, pencil)

Mekhitar Garabedian

Musicians and their Instruments (2 x 5 figures, pencil)

2022
Pencil on paper
42 x 29,7 cm (unframed)
Musicians and their Instruments (3 figures, gold)

Mekhitar Garabedian

Musicians and their Instruments (3 figures, gold)

2022
Ink on paper
42 x 29,7 cm (unframed)

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    Exhibitions

    HERETIQUES site

    Hérétiques

    8 December 2023 – 28 January 2024 08.12.2023 – 28.01.2024
    Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris
    Bannière site

    CHRISTMAS SHOP SHOW

    1 December 2023 – 23 December 2023 01.12.2023 – 23.12.2023
    Online only
    Site

    Art on Paper 2023

    5 October 2023 – 8 October 2023 05.10.2023 – 08.10.2023
    Gare Maritime de Tour & Taxis
    DSC_0903

    Mekhitar Garabedian

    I copied this page in one country and the other page in another land

    19 April 2023 – 27 May 2023 19.04.2023 – 27.05.2023
    Rue de la Concorde 33
    Site

    MENART FAIR Brussels

    3 February 2023 – 5 February 2023 03.02.2023 – 05.02.2023
    Fondation Boghossian (Villa Empain)
    Capture d’écran 2022-09-08 à 15.23.47

    The Shop Show

    1 December 2022 – 22 January 2023 01.12.2022 – 22.01.2023
    33 Rue de la Concorde & Knokke
    BRAFA

    Brafa 2022

    19 June 2022 – 26 June 2022 19.06.2022 – 26.06.2022
    Brussels Expo, Heysel
    ArtAntwerp_Logo_2lines_RGB

    16 December 2021 – 19 December 2021 16.12.2021 – 19.12.2021
    Antwerp Expo
    Capture d’écran 2021-11-03 à 17.39.28

    The Shop Show

    2 December 2021 – 22 January 2022 02.12.2021 – 22.01.2022
    Rue de la Concorde 33
    ceramicarpet

    Ceramicarpet

    29 April 2021 – 6 June 2021 29.04.2021 – 06.06.2021
    Rue de la Concorde 33
    IMG_6442-Final-RGB

    Mekhitar Garabedian

    Non. J’ai changé d’avis. J’ai envie d’aller à Hambourg comme dans la chanson d’Édith Piaf.

    12 January 2019 – 16 February 2019 12.01.2019 – 16.02.2019
    Rue Isidore Verheyden 2
    Beirut-art-fair-7_article_high

    Beirut Art Fair

    15 September 2016 – 18 September 2016 15.09.2016 – 18.09.2016
    Beirut Art Fair
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    The Armory Show 2016

    2 February 2016 – 6 February 2016 02.02.2016 – 06.02.2016
    The Armory Show
    Riternando_expo-20141

    Ritornando à Gand

    23 November 2014 – 21 December 2014 23.11.2014 – 21.12.2014
    CIAC Ghent
    MG_Expo2014_3

    Mekhitar Garabedian

    I love you, but I don't know

    28 February 2014 – 29 March 2014 28.02.2014 – 29.03.2014
    Rue Isidore Verheyden 2
    Bande à part 07

    Bande à Part

    14 February 2014 – 15 March 2014 14.02.2014 – 15.03.2014
    CAB Art Center