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I discovered this fellow in the newest issue of Art Review in the exhibition review pages. I immediately liked his demented and hellish take on 'bad painting'. Like George Condo, Armen fills a void in my heart that spastically and unconsequently violent cartoons used to fulfil before they became undesirable. What makes paintings like this so vital however is that the zany characters and wacky scenarios take on an air of menance and horror when frozen into these cramped and lavish paintings. The safety of the cartoon worlds "bounce-back" physics has collapsed and now your forced to see how these individuals have mutilated themselves.
I discovered this fellow in the newest issue of Art Review in the exhibition review pages. I immediately liked his demented and hellish take on 'bad painting'. Like George Condo, Armen fills a void in my heart that spastically and unconsequently violent cartoons used to fulfil before they became undesirable. What makes paintings like this so vital however is that the zany characters and wacky scenarios take on an air of menance and horror when frozen into these cramped and lavish paintings. The safety of the cartoon worlds "bounce-back" physics has collapsed and now your forced to see how these individuals have mutilated themselves.
An Introduction to Fallen Over
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