Meruzhan Khachatryan

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• Meruzhan Khachatryan 1980 | Armenia
• Karl Bang 1935 | Shanghai
• Daniel Anaka | Toronto

Meruzhan Khachatryan 1980 | Armenia Posted: 02 Aug 2011 09:21 AM PDT Meruzhan Khachatryan was born February 26, 1980 in Yerevan, in the family of the artist. In 2001 he graduated from the Painting Department, School. P. Terlemezian. He actively participated in numerous exhibitions, both individual and joint, thereby starting their productive way. His works are in private collections in many countries: Russia, Greece, Cyprus, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Holland, England, Ireland, India, Egypt, Japan, China, Turkey, Lebanon, Brazil, USA, Canada, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Argentina, Iran, Venezuela, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and several other countries, and of course Armenia.

Karl Bang 1935 | Shanghai Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:03 AM PDT Karl was born as Bong Ka in Shanghai in 1935. He was formally trained by the master artists of Chinese painting and he also formally trained in the European painting tradition in France and Belgium. These multiple styles led to Karl Bang's multi-cultural blending of the traditional Chinese artistic discipline with the more personally expressive European style, and later also included traditions from around the entire globe. During Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution in China, Karl was obligated to paint only the propaganda images the government demanded him to paint. However, in 1984 he was allowed to emigrate to the United States, where Karl was free to paint his one heart's passion - beautiful women, goddesses, and the feminine archetype - from various races and cultures. This central theme to all of Karl Bang's work is exquisitely developed and refined in each of his images. For Karl, painting women goes much deeper than their outer beauty. He sees women as epitomizing the gentler instincts of humankind - nurturing, gentility, truth, and inner strength.

Daniel Anaka | Toronto Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:59 PM PDT