SAM ZUMIAN

I see myself as Armenian artist, perceiving the universal as well as cultural significance of art, highly valuing the previous achievements of classical artists. The power of my art hidden in the efforts to connect the discoveries of my predecessors with contemporary ideas, eager to see the eternity of their birth.The world to me is a big theater where my characters have roles to enjoy with their dramatic, mysterious, joyful or even grotesque images. Some of them display the promise of love; others awake various emotions with outlined demonstrations of their bodies. Some characters serenely swing on ropes or dance to fast rhythms. Other characters, with the tension of a tight string, grasp onto unstable ladders trying to maintain their balance and passionate crowds flee to indistinct directions.My theater on canvas continues to present new, seemingly strange performances, with the same enthusiasm and excitement.