Hrag Vartanian
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Hrag Vartanian (Armenian: Հրակ Վարդանեան) was born in Aleppo, Syria,[1] raised in Toronto, Canada, and lives in Brooklyn, New York. He is a writer,[2] critic[3] and curator[4] who regularly contributes to AGBU News Magazine, Ararat Magazine,[5] and other publications. He has also contributed to numerous online and print publications, including the Art21 blog,[6] Boldtype, The Brooklyn Rail,[7] Huffington Post,[8] and NYFA Current.[9]
He is currently Director of Communications at AGBU, the world's largest Armenian non-profit organization. Vartanian was a staunch supporter of the controversial Hide/Seek exhibit which was censored by the Smithsonian.[10] Vartanian is co-founder of the influential art blog Hyperallergic, which is described as a "forum for serious, playful and radical thinking". Hyperallergic was founded by Vartanian and his husband Veken Gueyikian.[11]
[edit] Writings
- “Is Contemporary Architecture a PR Panacea for Autocrats? Western Architectural Ethics & Undemocratic Nations“ in Brooklyn Rail (September 2008)[12]
- “The Very Public Life of Street Art” in Brooklyn Rail (May 2008)[13]
- "Peter Sourian" from "Forgotten Bread: First Generation Armenian-American Writers" edited by David Kherdian (Berkeley, CA: Heyday books, 2007) [14]
- "An Imaginary Armenian Canadian Homeland: Gariné Torossian’s Dialogue with Egoyan" from Image and Territory: Essays on Atom Egoyan edited by Monique Tschofen and Jennifer Burwell (Waterloo, ON: Wildred Laurier University Press, 2006).[15]
- Bushwick Open Studios featuring artists: Andrew Ohanesian, Tescia Seufferlein, Andrew Cornell Robinson, Richard Martinez.
- "Schwierige Wahrheiten: Die Schriftstellerin Nancy Kricorian (The Will to Resist: A Portrait of Nancy Kricorian)," in Porträt einer Hoffnung Die Armenier edited by Huberta von Voss (Verlag Hans Schiller, 2004). English edition [16]
- "New York Life Recognizes Genocide Era Insurance Claims," AGBU Magazine (April 2004).[17]
- "Nazi Style Wars," The Brooklyn Rail (October 2003).[18]
- "Curating on the Margins," The Brooklyn Rail (Winter 2003).[19]
- "Artist Biographies," The Clement Greenberg Collection (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 2001).
- FutureHype/Kitabet, edited by Carmen Donabedian & Hrag Vartanian (Beirut: Haigazian University, 1998).
- "Chine Drive: An Arts & Crafts Community," in The Stuff Dreams are Made of: The Art and Design of Frederick and Louise Coates (Toronto: University of Toronto, 1997).
[edit] References
- ^ Lean, edited by Huberta von Voss ; translated by Alasdair (2007). Portraits of hope : Armenians in the contemporary world (1st English ed. ed.). New York: Berghahn Books. p. 339. ISBN 9781845452575. http://books.google.com/books?id=r3vbswx_1TEC&pg=PA339&dq=Hrag+Vartanian+armenian&hl=en&ei=fSdBTbniFYumsQPoooG_Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Hrag%20Vartanian%20armenian&f=false. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ Meehan, Emily (24 January 2007). "Never Mind the Bullets". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116947531328683693.html?mod=hps_us_inside_today.
- ^ Aaron Short (24 January 2011). "Art of the steal! Thief swipes a Ridley Howard drawing off gallery wall". Brooklyn Paper. http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/34/4/dtg_gallerytheft_2011_1_28_bk.html. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2010/nov/12/thesocialgraph-exhibit/
- ^ http://araratmagazine.org/author/hrag/
- ^ http://blog.art21.org/author/hrag-vartanian/
- ^ http://hragvartanian.com/brooklynrail/
- ^ Vartanian, Hrag. "Hrag Vartanian". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hrag-vartanian.
- ^ http://hragvartanian.com/nyfa-current/
- ^ "Hide/Seek Press", www.hideseek.org. Retrieved 09 March 2010.
- ^ “About Hyperallergic“, Hyperallergic.com 24 April 2011.
- ^ http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/09/artseen/is-contemporary-architecture-a-pr-panacea-for-autocrats
- ^ http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/05/artseen/the-very-public-life-of-street-art
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=6NBlAAAAMAAJ&q=hrag+vartanian&dq=hrag+vartanian&hl=en&ei=fEzUTc-yEdORgQfwmYku&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=o7qfCxX_whgC&lpg=PA334&dq=hrag%20vartanian&pg=PA331#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=r3vbswx_1TEC&lpg=PA339&dq=hrag%20vartanian&pg=PA339#v=onepage&q=hrag%20vartanian&f=false
- ^ http://www.agbu.org/publications/article.asp?A_ID=144
- ^ http://www.thebrooklynrail.org/arts/oct03/stylewars.html
- ^ http://www.thebrooklynrail.org/arts/winter03/curatingonthemargin.html
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Hrag Vartanian's writing for the Brooklyn Rail
- His Public Street Art column at ArtCal
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