The Cafesjian Center for the Arts (CCA) announces the private preview of the exhibition Nina Khemchyan: Echo in Eagle Gallery of the center on September 22, at 6:30pm. (entrance with invitations only).
Collaboration between the Center and the Embassy of France in Armenia brought to life the idea of holding an exhibition of the Paris-based Armenian artist Nina Khemchyan.
Inventor of the Armenian alphabet, philosopher, theologist and poet Mesrop Mashtots is a fundamental figure in the history and culture of his country. A spiritual leader, founder of Armenian sacred music, a true enlightener, he is a canonized saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Mesrop Mashtots’ essential heritage has inspired Nina Khemchyan in her oeuvre, an Armenian artist living in Paris. For a long time, the artist has been immersed in his work of Mashtots. It has been several years since Nina, through numerous researches, has woven a spiritual link with the author, aiming to perpetuate his heritage in modern era.
A unique encounter renewed the artist’s vision: the angelic voice of the singer Hasmik Baghdasaryan-Dolukhanyan who, also touched by the grace of Mashtots, had been performing his chants - “sharakans”, written in the 5th century. This discovery gave birth to the proj...
