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First published on 10 November 2017
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First published on 10 November 2017
Armen Eloyan at Timothy Taylor, New York
Born in Armenia, Eloyan's works reflect his younger years spent watching American and Russian television. His well-known large-scale paintings draw inspiration from street art, cartoons and predecessors such as Maxim Gorky and Williem de Kooning. His works feature a unique twist on the ordinary - his paintings are replete with thick, daring brushstrokes, coupled with dark and satirical undertones. While Eloyan does not define himself as a writer, his paintings convey a story to the viewer - one that deals with humor and darkness at once. Many of his figures are subject of oppression through Nazism, racism and extremism - Eloyan draws this subject matter through his past in troubled Armenia.