HRAIR dominant theme is the horses, a symbol of male virility, strength, and mastery – the semi–mythical stallion and the centaur sprung from the legends of Phoenicia and the ancients Orient. These are high–spirited and lively steeds moving at a frisky trot, bucking and kicking in a whirling gallop, alert even at rest. Often the horse is accompanied by a “flower – woman” whose curling tresses intermingle with the spirals of his mane – an unreal doll – figure spellbound in willing passivity as if engendered from the flanks of the hose – male in an echo that recalls the creation of Eve.
Symbolistic Art Exhibition July 1 – July 15, 2023
Opening artist reception: July 1, 2023
11:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Hrair Diarbekirian, Diar Bekrian, (Hrair Diarbekerian)
HRAIR
Diarbekirian was born in Beirut, Lebanon 1946.
Studied art at the Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts (ALBA).
1964, 3 Golden Medals for his tapestries for the Presidential Place in Beirut.
1965 Gold Medal, Sursock Museum, Lebanon.
1971 Gold Medal, Rome, Italy.
1989 Prize of the European Excellency, Paris.
2010 BIAF Beirut
2011 Gold Medal “St. Mesrob”.
2012 Oscar of the European Excellency, Dusselforf.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
– Queen Elizabeth the second of England
– King Fahad Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia
– King Hussain Bin Talal of Jordan
– Prince Rainier of Monaco
– Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
– Shaikha Badriah Al Sabah of Kuwait
– Sheikh Mubarak Al Sabah of Kuwait
– Antony Quinn
– George Peppard
– Liza Minnelli
– Kirk Douglas
