"Self Defense Pumps", 2014, gilt glace leather pumps, fur, stainless steel.
Glamour at the End of Time
March 1 to April 27, 2014
Opening Reception ~ Saturday, March 8th 6-9pm
Artist Talk ~ Saturday, April 12th 7pm
Markarian creates an art boutique to consider and explore the expressive power inherent in everyday objects. These articles, altered by scale, juxtaposition and unconventional materials, become something more complicated, intriguing and mysterious. Meant to amuse and provoke, this work subverts our senses and conventional assumptions about utility, beauty and glamour.
March 1 to April 27, 2014
Opening Reception ~ Saturday, March 8th 6-9pm
Artist Talk ~ Saturday, April 12th 7pm
Markarian creates an art boutique to consider and explore the expressive power inherent in everyday objects. These articles, altered by scale, juxtaposition and unconventional materials, become something more complicated, intriguing and mysterious. Meant to amuse and provoke, this work subverts our senses and conventional assumptions about utility, beauty and glamour.
"Little Black Dress", 2014, deconstructed motorcycle jacket, rivets.
About the Artist:
Alexia Markarian was born and raised in upstate New York. Her college studies focused on English literature and the natural sciences. Principally self-taught in art, she spent two semesters of atelier studies in drawing with a focus on anatomy at the Art Students League in NYC. The human body and its relationship with & to objects is an important aspect of her work. Working in a range of disciplines that include painting, graphics, photography, art jewelry & objects and installation, she has created bikinis made from beverage cans, sliced melmac cup bracelets, bowling ball handbags and a nationally known label of art jewelry, Saints of Salvage. She was a recipient of a California Arts Council Grant for painting and many juried exhibition awards. Markarian’s work has been shown in museums and galleries throughout the United States, Canada and Moscow. She has lectured at Isomata in their Master Class Series for painting and at the Art Museum of Greater Victoria, BC in conjunction with her solo “Terra Obscura” exhibition. Her work has appeared and been reviewed in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union Tribune, Art in America and many other publications in the US and Canada. Markarian’s jewelry appears in the 2003 book, “Art Jewelry Today” by Dona Z. Meilach. She lives and works in Southern California.
http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/pdf/markariancuratorsstatement.pdf
Alexia Markarian was born and raised in upstate New York. Her college studies focused on English literature and the natural sciences. Principally self-taught in art, she spent two semesters of atelier studies in drawing with a focus on anatomy at the Art Students League in NYC. The human body and its relationship with & to objects is an important aspect of her work. Working in a range of disciplines that include painting, graphics, photography, art jewelry & objects and installation, she has created bikinis made from beverage cans, sliced melmac cup bracelets, bowling ball handbags and a nationally known label of art jewelry, Saints of Salvage. She was a recipient of a California Arts Council Grant for painting and many juried exhibition awards. Markarian’s work has been shown in museums and galleries throughout the United States, Canada and Moscow. She has lectured at Isomata in their Master Class Series for painting and at the Art Museum of Greater Victoria, BC in conjunction with her solo “Terra Obscura” exhibition. Her work has appeared and been reviewed in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union Tribune, Art in America and many other publications in the US and Canada. Markarian’s jewelry appears in the 2003 book, “Art Jewelry Today” by Dona Z. Meilach. She lives and works in Southern California.
http://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/pdf/markariancuratorsstatement.pdf
