Vagrich Bakhchanyan

Vagrich Akopovich Bakhchanyan (Russian: Ва́грич Ако́пович Бахчаня́н; Ukrainian: Ва́грiч Ако́пович Бахчаня́н; Armenian: Վահրիճ Հակոբի Բախչանյան; born May 23, 1938 in Kharkiv, Soviet Ukraine[1] - November 12, 2009, New York City, United States[2]) was a Soviet and American painter, nonconformist artist and writer-conceptualist of Armenian origin.

Vagrich Akopovich Bakhchanyan
Born 23 May 1938
Kharkiv, Soviet Ukraine
Died 12 November 2009(2009-11-12) (aged 71)
New York, New York, United States
Nationality Ukrainian, American

Early life

He was born to an Armenian family in Kharkiv, Ukraine, where he studied and began painting. In the mid-1960s he moved to Moscow, where he worked at Literaturnaya Gazeta.

In 1974 Bakhchanyan emigrated to United States, and lived in New York City, where he was active in the literary and art scene.[3] There he collaborated with Russian and Soviet writers Sergei Dovlatov, Alexander Genis, and Naum Sagalovsky, among others. He died on November 12, 2009 in New York City.

According to Vagrich's last will, his ashes were scattered high in the Geghama mountains in Armenia.[4]

Collections

References

  1. ""Футурум АРТ". Авторы "Футурума". Вагрич БАХЧАНЯН". www.futurum-art.ru. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  2. "Умер Вагрич Бахчанян". Коммерсантъ. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1273729. Retrieved 2020-06-09. 
  3. Rothstein, Edward (2016-01-20). "'Vagrich Bakhchanyan: Accidental Absurdity' Review" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660 . https://www.wsj.com/articles/vagrich-bakhchanyan-accidental-absurdity-review-1453332260. Retrieved 2020-06-09. 
  4. Vagrich and the Black Square

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