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HAIG AIVAZIAN

HAIG AIVAZIAN

b. 1980, Lebanon
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Haig Aivazian Biography

Haig Aivazian is an artist living in Beirut. Working across a range of media and modes of address, he delves into the ways in which power embeds, affects and moves people, objects, animals, landscape and architecture. Between 2020—2022, Aivazian was Artistic Director of the Beirut Art Center where he was founding editor of thederivative.org

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‘...this newer method of chaotic collage, in the artist's expert hands, leads the viewer to a more nuanced clarity on the complex political reality of such a seemingly neutral terrain as light.’
Haig Aivazian: All of the Lights at The Renaissance Society
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Haig Aivazian, Prometheus (2019). Video. 22 min 45 sec. Exhibition view: All of the Lights, The Renaissance Society, Chicago (6 February–21 March 2021). Courtesy The Renaissance Society.
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Haig Aivazian, All of Your Stars Are but Dust on My Shoes (2021). Video. 17 min 30 sec. Exhibition view: All of the Lights, The Renaissance Society, Chicago (6 February–21 March 2021). Courtesy The Renaissance Society.
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Haig Aivazian, 1440 Couchers de Soleil (2017/2021). Stadium floodlights, paint, chalk, chalk balls. Exhibition view: All of the Lights, The Renaissance Society, Chicago (6 February–21 March 2021). Courtesy The Renaissance Society.
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Haig Aivazian, Prometheus (2019). Video. 22 min 45 sec. Exhibition view: All of the Lights, The Renaissance Society, Chicago (6 February–21 March 2021). Courtesy The Renaissance Society.
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Haig Aivazian, All of Your Stars Are but Dust on My Shoes (2021). Exhibition view: Soft Water Hard Stone, 2021 New Museum Triennial, New Museum, New York (27 October 2021–23 January 2022). Courtesy New Museum. Photo: Dario Lasagni.
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Haig Aivazian, All of Your Stars Are but Dust on My Shoes (2021). Exhibition view: Soft Water Hard Stone, 2021 New Museum Triennial, New Museum, New York (27 October 2021–23 January 2022). Courtesy New Museum. Photo: Dario Lasagni.
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