1. GRIGOR KHACHATRYAN
1952 - Born on November 7 in Yerevan
1985 - Graduated from the PIY, the Art and Culture department
1985-87 - Head of the department of exposition of the Museum of Modern Art
1988 - Member of the Union of Artists of USSR (Armenia)
1987-96 - Art editor of “Garun” magazine
1996 - 2001 - Art leader of AR TV Company
2003 - directore of ART SCOOL
home 55-19-65 / mobil 093 61 80 78
E-mail: grigor_khachatryan@yahoo.com
WORKS: PERFORMANCE, ACTION
1972 - Heading of army troops, workday on the 1-st of may: photo with Suren Navasardyan,Gagik Harutunyan
1974 - Physical testing of “Grigor Khachatryan” award: photo with Ashot Hovhannisyan
1975 - Funerals in the institute
1980 - Solemn opening of a WC in the institute
Since 1990 - Awarding of “Grigor Khachatryan” award:
1990 - ”Jan Gilan’s price dropping”. Unprofitable resale of tickets
1990 - ”Arates”: gathering of population’s pee in the basket of ANM
1990 - Yerevan, peeing from a bridge over the river Getar with Armen Davtyan, Vahagn Atabekyan and Tigran Paskevichyan reading Apoliner’s“Marabou’s
Bridge” by heart
1990 - Nude walking
1996 - Selfsuggestion as a candidate on the post of the president of Republic of Armenia, interviews in the square of the internal and external political platform
1998 - Paris, peeing from the Marabou’s Bridge with Vahagn Atabekyan and Vahram Sahakyan, reading Apoliner’s“Marabou’s Bridge” by heart
2003 – discurs in Writer street .Rencontres Utopiennes / I`environnement du corps...genetiguement modifiable..Erevan–Geneve
2008 - Official meetings/
EXHIBITIONS
1984 - International Poster Competition, Moscow, 3-rd prize
1988 - Biennial, Brno
1990 - MANIFEST, “Exhibition OF A Single Work”,Union of Artists, Yerevan
1993 - ”Armenian Culture Days”, Vienna / Vienculture, graphics /
1993 - ”Object #1” / 2 mirrors facing each other and situated in 5mm distance
1994 - ”Armenian Culture Days” / Boch, Germany /
1994 - ”Pacific” / 3-rd floor, Yerevan /
1994 - ”Play House: enter from inside” /EX-VOTO, Yerevan /
1994 - From my personal collection of my undrawn paintings, I’ll show you / a clean sheet of canvas, 100x80, CCEA, Yerevan /
1995 -”The modern art of Armenia”, Moscow, Russia
1994 - ”I’m not a chair, I’m a contemporary of Grigor Khachatryan” Norayr Ayvazyan. “If I remain silent the chairs will make noise” G.K.: -“TEXT” Yerevan
1995 - The Question of the Ark / The exhibition of the artists of Moscow and Yerevan, ACCEA, Yerevan /
1996 -”Subject-Object” / fenced territory chosen by Grigor Khachatryan/ “E” Art Festival, ACCEA, Yerevan
1996 - ”There are things that don’t depent on me” / a pipe of a vacuum cleaner from the ceiling, CCEA, Yerevan /
1999 - Closed City / HAI-ART, Yerevan
2. 1999 - Avangard art / ACCEA, Yerevan /
1999 -”Great Atrophy” international exhibition
1999 -Fanatics of body and mind /ACCEA, Yerevan /
1999 - Tree tendencies, HI – ART, Yerevan Armenia
2001 - The World is You, Summer Art Festival, Vien
2001 -Parallel reality is You
2001 - Beyond icons / National Museum of Armenia
2001 - Utopiana,
2003 - §Adieu Parajanov¦Contemporary Art from Armenia
2002 - Afirmativ, ACCEA, Yerevan
2003 - UTOPIANA, Rencontres Utopiennes,vill de jeneve,erevan - Thierry Fontaine HURLOIR, EREVAN ( ARMENNIE), performances sonores
2006 - Alternativ vision, Vienna,Austria
2006 - Art Without Borders, ACCEA.Yerevan, Armenia
2007 - Centre d`art contemporarain de Qumiper
2007 - Erevan Crusis , ACCEA.Yerevan, Armenia
1996-2001 -”City” movie series in AR TV Company
City is the root of politics, politeness, citizenship, civilization. Videotape is a mirror memory.Mirror – realisation, see – “Meduza Gorgona”
“City - culture” – exhibitions, concerts, films, videotapes, videoart “out door” nature movie series
2008 - The nationalcentre on planning accidents Erevan
2011 - Venice 54 Biennale Armenian pavilion/the Official meetings/
2012- Es geht um die welt.INTERNATIONAL PLAKATE ZU. DKW.Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftung Cottbus.Brandenburgische Kulturstiftung Cottbus
2012- STIFTUNG DEUTSCHES HISTORISCHES MUSEUM ”From my personal collection of my undrawn paintings”
WORDS
1990 - MANIFEST. I’m not a man, I’m Grigor Khachatryan,you are not men, you are Grigor Khachatryan’s contemporary.G.K. a name high and delightful
1990 - ART- The names that are given to earthly things contain too much error / Book by Philip /
1990 - Attention: you may be in the spare of influence of Grigor Khachatryan’s sexual rays, which work in radius of 50000 parsec. The epicenter moves
with Grigor Khachatryan
1991 - Sun, sun come, come, be likely to Grigor Khachatryan
1991 - I’m protected by the state
1991 - I vote for the voice of the caller in desert
1991 - The only negative in me is resus
1991 - I’m the one you weren’t expecting
1991 - Happy is the one who believes without believing
1992 - I’m greater than I think therefore I’m modest.
1992 - Nobody, even me, can’t make news, we can only call attention
1994 - I’m the sexual result of my parent’s wants
1994 - At first I thought I would grow up and become an artist, then I thought I would grow into an idiot, now I think I’ll die if I grow more therefore until I die
I’ve not become great enough. Therefore when I die I’ll be great.
1994 - All the regressive population of the world the November 7 celebrates as the anniversary of the October Revolution, all the progressive one as
Grigor Khachatryan’s birthday
1994 - The temples were changed into churches, the New Years day was changedinto Saint Johan’s, and this is the concept of how the October Revolution’s
anniversary turned into Grigor Khachatryan’s birthday (EX- VOTO, Yerevan)
3. Grigor Khachatryan is one of those first artists in Armenia who shifted in 1970s towards conceptual art practices (performance, text and photography). The
theme of power is central for his artistic oeuvre. Materials for Khachatryan's artistic production are his own persona, his body and his name. Implicit and
explicit interventions in the printed and electronic media are essential for Khachatryan's artistic strategies.
1990 - زÜÆüºêî. »ë Ù³ñ¹ ã»Ù, »ë ¶ñÇ·áñ ʳã³ïñÛ³ÝÝ »Ù, ¹áõù Ù³ñ¹ ã»ù, ¹áõù ¶ñÇ·áñ ʳã³ïñÛ³ÝÇ Å³Ù³Ý³Ï³ÏÇóÝ »ù: ¶ñÇ·áñ ʳã³ïñÛ³Ý, ³ÝáõÝ µ³ñÓñ áõ íë»Ù
1990 - MANIFEST. I’m not a man, I’m Grigor Khachatryan,you are not men, you are Grigor Khachatryan’s contemporary. G.Kh. a name high and delightful
4. 1992 - »ë ݳ »Ù, áõÙ ã¿Çù ëå³ëáõÙ
1992 - ÙÇ³Ï µ³ó³ë³Ï³ÝÁ ÇÙ Ù»ç 黽áõëÝ ¿
1992 - »ë ³í»ÉÇÝ »Ù, ù³Ý »ë ϳñÍáõÙ »Ù, ѻ勉µ³ñ »ë ѳٻëï »Ù
1992 - I’m the one you weren’t expecting
1992 - The only negative in me is resus
1992 - I’m greater than I think therefore I’m modest.
5. Since 1990 - Awarding of “Grigor Khachatryan” award: Physical testing of “Grigor Khachatryan” award: photo with Ashot Hovhannisyan
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Этот перфоменс представляет собой процедуру награждения конкретных деятелей культуры (или общественных деятелей) за определенные
заслуги в этой сфере. Перформенс заключается в том, что награждаемые должны поднять на руки Григора Хачатряна, который и является их
премией. «Награда Григора Хачатряна» процессуальна, она продолжается по сей день.
13. 2001 - ì³Ýݳ ÉÇ×, ¶ñÇ·áñ ʳã³ïñÛ³Ý,Üáñ³Ûñ ²Ûí³½Û³Ý, гÛ-²ñï, ºñ¨³Ý
2001 - Lake Van Grigor Khachatryan, Norajr Ajvazyan
Not a woderful fishing 1998
http://youtu.be/55bJhQcSQFo
14. The national centre on planning accidents 2008
THE ACCIDENTS PLANNING INTENATIONAL CENTER
In March 2008 Grigor Khachatryan established “The Accidents Planning Interantional Center”: Sice then he is planning any accident: from weather to
political events. The represented objects.Documental materialsare witnesses of the progressing activities of the center, which are extended on past,present
and future.
Grigor Khachatryan Dierector of the eccidents planning international center
2008 The national centre on planning accidents,foto100x80
15. 2011-Venice 54 Biennale Armenian pavilion/the Official meetings/
Grigor Khachatryan, Official Meetings, 2010, documentary photo of a series of performance. Courtesy of artist.
The national centre on planning accidents foto 100x70
http://www.youtube.com/edit?ns=1&video_id=S_WnSmXGAOc
16. 2011-Venice 54 Biennale Armenian pavilion/the Official meetings/
Grigor Khachatryan and Gorgian President Micail Saakashvili
17. 2009 - Tigran Paskevichyan receives a medal for courage. foto 70x100sm
19. They don’t see anyone and anything. They don’t speak. They are permanent participants of Lenin’s Subbotnik (the day of volunteer work)
carrying the log through the cities, villages, anywhere. They haven’t stopped since they have got the order. They are the ghosts from the soviet
past.
1 may /action/ video 04m.16s. http://youtu.be/2X5xfcnUZzc 1999, 2//action/ /video/ 03m.1999 action/ 3./video/ 03m.46s1999,
Üñ³Ýù áã Ù»ÏÇ ¨ áãÇÝã ã»Ý ï»ëÝáõÙ,ã»Ý ËáëáõÙ,Üñ³Ýù å»ñٳݻÝï È»ÝÇÝÛ³Ý ß³µ³ÃûñÛ³ÏÇ Ù»ç »Ý, ·»ñ³ÝÝ áõë»ñÇÝ` ù³Õ³ùÝ»ñáõÙ,·ÛáõÕ»ñáõÙ, ³ÛÉáõñ,
Ýñ³Ýù ëÏë»Éáõ Ññ³Ù³ÝÝ ëï³Ý³Éáõó Ñ»ïá ϳݷ ã»Ý ³é»É:Ýñ³Ýù áõñí³Ï³ÝÝ»ñ »Ý ëáí»ï³Ï³Ý ³ÝóÛ³ÉÇó:
20. 2003 - ¶ñ³Ï³Ý ÷»ñýáñÙ³Ýë, »ÉáõÛà ·ñáÕÝ»ñÇ ÷áÕáóáõÙ: àõïáåÇ³Ï³Ý Ñ³Ý¹ÇåáõÙÝ»ñ,ѳÛ-ßí»Ûó³ñ³Ï³Ý ѳٳï»Õ ݳ˳·ÇÍ:
2003 - Literary performans. discurs in Writer street .Rencontres Utopiennes / I`environnement du corps...genetiguement modifiable..Erevan - Geneve
21. 1997 - ”PIONEER”: formerly there were pioneers and was no Pioneer Bar /video/ 20m http://youtu.be/Oz5YUsfUxNY
23. Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine
Et nos amours
Faut-il qu’il m’en souvienne
La joie venait toujours après la peine
Vienne la nuit sonne l’heure
Les jours s’en vont je demeure
Les mains dans les mains restons face à face
Tandis que sous
Le pont de nos bras passe
Des éternels regards l’onde si lasse
Vienne la nuit sonne l’heure
Les jours s’en vont je demeure
L’amour s’en va comme cette eau courante
L’amour s’en va
Comme la vie est lente
Et comme l’Espérance est violente
Vienne la nuit sonne l’heure
Les jours s’en vont je demeure
Passent les jours et passent les semaines
Ni temps passé
Ni les amours reviennent
Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine
Vienne la nuit sonne l’heure
Les jours s’en vont je demeure
