«FAMILY CARPETS OF ARTSAKH»
Artsakh has always been famous for a high level of development of folk arts and crafts. Carpet weaving has been especially popular. However, during 70 years of the Soviet rule thousands of carpets created by Artsakh women were taken to the museums of Azerbaijan. The restoration of statehood was a chance to preserve our culture. Lately the presentation of the book «Family Carpets of Artsakh» by Vahram Tatikian took place in Stepanakert. The book has a scientific value and is an important step in our science of history. Vahram Tatikian presents the tradition of carpet weaving in Artsakh in the continuity of the historical tradition of Armenian carpet weaving. We had a talk with the author of the book. Nvard Soghomonian: «How did it happen that the poet and composer Vahram Tatikian became interested in carpets, and particularly Artsakh carpets?» Vahram Tatikian: «I was a student, from Gandzassar I descended to the village of Vank on the mountain side; I saw a carpet in some house which surprised me the student of archaeology by its composition, the ornaments of vishap (i.e. snake) coiled round the swastika. I was delighted with the Christian temple of Gandzassar and the work of pagan art side by side. I had been studying monuments of architecture by then; after that I began taking photos of old Armenian carpets. Lori, Siunik, again Artsakh; going from village to village I discovered the wonderful world of carpets for me. My temptation of carpet art began in the ancient Armenian region of Artsakh. N.S.: «Mr. Tatikian, your book is the result of long years of study and work. Who helped you?» V.T.: «First of all, it is my mother, writer, publicist, specialist of Diaspora studies, Shakeh Varsian. Without her motherly devotion I could not come to this result. I was helped by sculptor Youri Hovhannissian, my lecturer at the university Zaven Arzumanian, the two workers of the shop buying and exchanging carpets Robert Danielian and Armen Knorenian who allowed me to photograph the carpets brought to them, the director of Yerevan Museum of Art Hovhannes Sharambeyan, the director of the museum of Parajanov Zaven Sarghissian. By the way, in the period between 1960 and 1990 about 100 thousand carpets were exported from Armenia. To compare, the number of carpets kept in all the museums of Armenia is not more than 5000. Visiting Karabakh in those years, I understood what lost homeland is, and I believed that it would not share the fate of Kars, Mush. Going from village to village, I came to understand Makar Barkhudarian, Bagrat Ulubabian. Look at the photos in the book, how proudly the women of Artsakh are standing beside their creation - the carpet. By the way, foreign artists also notice the bearing, the nature of the Armenian woman. The Azeris present hundreds of carpets of Armenian villages as theirs. By the way, a great part of carpets in the book do not exist any more, only their photos have been preserved. It was difficult to combine love, history and politics in one book, but owing to the assistance of the government everything was done to create this collection of facts.» N.S.: «What other plans connected with publishing books do you have?» V.T.: «My studies devoted to the carpets and «vishap» carpets of Lori, Utik, Artsakh are going to be published. It happened so that the book about the carpets of Artsakh came out the first. By the way, what is included in «Family Carpets of Artsakh» is only the third part of my studies.» N.S.: «What would you like to tell your readers?» V.T. «The book is the result of 35 years of work, the result of great love and devotion of the Artsakh woman. I return to you what I took from you.»
- NVARD SOGHOMONIAN
«FAMILY CARPETS OF ARTSAKH»
NVARD SOGHOMONIANArtsakh has always been famous for a high level of development of folk arts and crafts. Carpet weaving has been especially popular. However, during 70 years of the Soviet rule thousands of carpets created ...
«FAMILY CARPETS OF ARTSAKH»
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