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The exhibition of works by students of the Department of Decorative and Applied Arts of the Faculty of Fine Arts opened at ASPU on December 8.
The unique exhibition featured different samples of art, including carpets, batik, tapestry, metalwork and woodwork, etc.
"Decorative applied art differs from other branches of art. It includes not only the inner world of the creator, his nature and way of thinking, but also represents a tradition that has been carried out since the Middle Ages. Compared to other branches of art, it has another advantage as well. It is conservative, Armenian, it carries a national element and the Armenian spirit," Ara Hakobyan, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, said in his opening remarks and advised young creators to preserve their national image - something that real art requires.
Ara Hakobyan says he was also pleasantly surprised that the organizers had been able to organize an exhibition full of diverse and colorful works in such a short period of time.
He says it takes a long time and long-term mental and physical efforts to create a small piece of decorative applied art. ‘All this has been made thanks to the work of dedicated educators who pass on the art with beautiful traditions from generation to generation,’ he stressed.
"One can talk endlessly about decorative art", says ASPU Professor Anush Yeghizaryan who constantly popularizes the Armenian tapestry, represents and preserves the Armenian ethnic image and national values through this branch of art.
She says this branch of art is the most popular, it is an inseparable part of our life. Many renowned artists were parallelly interested and created in this field of art.
In a conversation with old.aspu.am, Anush Yeghizaryan said that about 60 works are presented at the exhibition. their authors studied at university in the time of pandemic ( COVID-19) and second war in Artsakh and had to study online, but it did not prevent them from exhibiting bright, cheerful and colorful works.
Professor Yeghizaryan advised the students not to deviate from the professional path: "You are the cultural link between the present and the future," she stressed.
Taste, aesthetics, soul and creative mind… ASPU lecturer Tigran Davtyan is sure that the exhibited silver jewelry made of semi-precious materials are unique.
Maria Janibekyan, a 4th-year student of ASPU, admits that being a student of a university that has a history of 100 years is binding.
She says thanks to Anush Yeghizaryan, it took her and her fellow students about 80 minutes to appreciate and understand the meaning and importance of this branch of art on the very first day at the university.
The exhibition will run until December 13.
