Ara Oshagan | Remain in Light: Visions of Homeland and Diaspora
This exhibition of almost 50 photographs endeavors to visualize the contemporary Armenian experience at home and in Los Angeles. Sossi Madzounian, Ara Mgrdichian, and Ara Oshagan—three diaspora-born Armenian artists living in LA—extend their perspectives on the life of their people in the old world and the new, collectively impacted by decades of political turmoil, religious persecution, and human rights violations. With intuition, passion, and conviction, the photographers illuminate the evolving social fabric of Armenian life: survival in the homeland, the immigrant experience in diaspora, and the rebirth of Armenian Americans on new soil.
Remain in Light: Visions of Homeland and Diaspora is organized by the Fowler Museum at UCLA and curated by Gassia Armenian, Fowler curatorial and research associate.
Image: Sossi Madzounian (b. 1957, Beirut, Lebanon), The Light Under Dark Clouds, October 2015; © Sossi Madzounian
This event is produced by Fowler Museum At UCLA; please direct all questions about this event to Fowler Museum At UCLA directly: https://fowler.ucla.edu/exhibitions/remain-in-light/