Abroad Understanding
Sandy October 29th, 2009
As we walk through the streets of Ballard we can see the ghostly remains of leaves making their last impressions on the sidewalks; nature’s way of slowly saying goodbye to embrace the eternal winter’s arms. Okay. Enough of the poetics. Artists, even nature, use unconventional mediums to create beautiful masterpieces. On display at the Ambach & Rice Gallery in Ballard are sculptures produced by the brilliant hand (and scissors) of Armenian artist Karen Sargsyan. Rather than using paper to write sonnets, he uses it as his medium to “sculpt” life-size characters in his exhibit Abroad Understanding. One can interpret the theme as being a broad understanding of a story, where it seems courtly characters are caught in a frozen narrative, battling for power or are fairy tale characters tumbling downward from a castle, but one can’t be certain. Sargsyan’s intentions are to be broad, to increase imagination in the audience who can then create their own story from his work.
Intrigued? I hope so.
The display is up for interpration and admiring through November 28, 2009 every Tuesday through Sunday and best of all, it’s FREE.
Ambach & Rice Gallery
5107 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle (Ballard)
(206) 789-6242
