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Երևանի Ժամանակակից Արվեստի Թանգարան | |
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| Established | 1972 |
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| Location | Mashtots Avenue,Yerevan, Armenia |
| Type | contemporary artmuseum |
| Director | Nune Avetisyan |
| Website | mamy |
TheModern Art Museum of Yerevan (MAMY,Armenian:Երևանի Ժամանակակից Արվեստի Թանգարան) is anart museum inYerevan,Armenia. It is located onMashtots Avenue at the centralKentron District of the capital city of Armenia.
The museum was founded in 1972 by the efforts of the painterHenrik Igityan, who was the director of the museum for 37 years[1] and a supporter of then-mayor of YerevanGrigor Hasratyan.[2]
The Modern Art Museum of Yerevan was the first to specialize incontemporary andmodern art in theSoviet Union.[3] The first exposition consisted of works from the 1960s, created by artists who originated fromArmenia and theArmenian Diaspora. These artists includeMinas Avetisian, Ashot Hovhannisian, Martin Petrosian, Hakob Hakobian, Gayane Khachaturian, Vruyr Galstian, Henry Elibekyan,Robert Elibekyan,Haroutiun Galentz,Rudolf Khachatrian, and Ashot Bayandour. The museum currently displays many pieces from this exposition, which were kept as donations from the artists.
The museum grew when the following generation of artists added their works in the 1980s: Sargis Hamalbashian, Artur Sargsian,Ararat Sarkissian, Marine Dilanian, Albert Hakobian, Samvel Baghdasarian, Arevik Arevshatian, Ruben Grigorian, Kamo Nigarian, Armen Gevorgian, Tigran Matulian, Teni Vardanian, Gabriel Manoukian, Nina Kchemchyan and Ayvaz Avoyan.
In the time since its foundation, many famous artists have visited the museum, including the director of theHermitage MuseumBoris Piotrovsky, writerChingiz Aytmatov, Italian poet writer and screenwriterTonino Guerra, Mexican painterDavid Alfaro Siqueiros, Italian film directorMichelangelo Antonioni, Italian artistRenato Guttuso,William Saroyan,Tigran Mansuryan, and Aghasi Ayvazian.
Recently, the museum has added works of many modern Armenian and international artists including Taline Zabounian (France), Sam Grigoryan (Germany), Harutyun Jinanyan "Jino" (Russia), Vatche Demirdjian (France), Lorent Nissou Soon (France), Christine Hagopian (France), Dibasar (France), Sharis Garabedian (France), Sebastiano (USA), Ziba Afshar (USA), Michael Gorman (USA), Narine Isajanyon (USA), Garry John (USA), Julienne Margaret Johnson (USA), Karen Bistedt and Chris Brown (USA), Haik Mesropian (Switzerland), and Onik Atamyan (England).
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