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EXHIBITION AND EXPERIENCE BY MELIK OHANIAN AT L'ECOLE DES BEAUX ARTS DE MONTPELLIER

November 17th to December 09th 2011

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Melik Ohanian studied at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier between 1988 and 1990 and in Lyon from 1990 to 1993. Since then he has been working and exhibiting all over the world. For the exhibition at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier where Yann Mazéas (head currator) invited him, Melik Ohanian has chosen to occupy the exhibition space as his temporary workshop. As in the past, he uses the school as a tool, turning the exhibition space into a place of production and reflection.

The space will be open to the public for 23 days. The artist will occupy the space permanently. In this time Melik Ohanian will present multiple works in ways that are specific to this exhibition.

During the day, he invites the students and the public to go through his archive of films, photos, soundtracks, and writtings of the past 20 years in order to re-organize them in a collaborative way. This experience of re-displaying and re-interpreting the documents that testify Melik Ohanian’s art practice will result in a publication that shows a retrospective of his work.

During these 23 days, invited lecturers will host discussions and comment on the artist’s practice to date. Given that, Melik Ohanian eludes to the litteral concept of an exhibition. To him, (making) art is not only bounded to its formal presence in the exhibition space but also in the approach and the journey of/around the world, and the interplay between an artistic thought and the real.

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Each day is organized in three parts:

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In this time Melik Ohanian and the students work on his archives in order to elaborate a publication that shows a retrospective of his work.

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In this time Melik Ohanian presents and talks about his work without showing it.

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In this time the artist’s work is shown in a simple way, without any specific display.

During the exhibition Melik Ohanian invits a few lecturers to host discussions on his work. For any further informations please refer to the AGENDA

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INFORMATIONS:
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{text-align:left;}: The text-align property is used to set the horizontal alignment of a text. Text can be centered, or aligned to the left or right, or justifie

{display:none;} : The display property specifies if/how an element is displayed. display:none hides an element, and it will not take up any space. The element will be hidden, and the page will be displayed as the element is not there.

{visibility:hidden;} : The visibility property specifies if an element should be visible or hidden. visibility:hidden hides an element, but it will still take up the same space as before. The element will be hidden, but still affect the layout.