{"id":10588,"date":"2021-01-25T10:16:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T15:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=10588"},"modified":"2021-02-24T14:18:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T19:18:31","slug":"varujan-boghosian-1926-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/varujan-boghosian-1926-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sonata<\/em> by Varujan Boghosian
17.75″x14″; collage; 2003. Image courtesy of Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FROM KOLAJ 31<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kolaj Magazine<\/em> mourns the loss of Varujan Boghosian, who died at his home in Hanover, New Hampshire on September 21, 2020. Varujan Boghosian was born in New Britain, Connecticut in 1926. A student of Vesper George School of Art and Yale University, he was the recipient of a Fulbright and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His work is in numerous public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In Kolaj<\/em> 16, Andr\u00e9 van der Wende profiled Boghosian on the occasion of turning ninety. He wrote, \u201cBoghosian explored construction and collage with lyrical play and emotive depth for over six decades, and still works and fires in the studio most days.\u201d Boghosian was a member of the Rio Blanco Riders, a trio of artists who met in Vermont to play Exquisite Corpse. David Powell wrote about the trio in Kolaj<\/em> 7. Boghosian is represented by Berta Walker Gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts and Alexandre Gallery in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FROM KOLAJ<\/em> 7<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Exquisite Corpse is drawn, quartered, and remembered by W. David Powell. READ MORE HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Swan Lake<\/em> by Varujan Boghosian
17.25″x21.75″; mixed media collage; 2010. Courtesy Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FROM KOLAJ<\/em> 16<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Andr\u00e9 van der Wende profiles collagist Varujan Boghosian, who turns 90 this year. He writes, \u201cBoghosian explored construction and collage with lyrical play and emotive depth for over six decades, and still works and fires in the studio most days.\u201d READ MORE HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Berta Walker Gallery Leads the Charge to Celebrate Iconic Collage Artist Varujan Boghosian. READ MORE HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Varujan Boghosian at BigTown Gallery. READ MORE HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This News & Notes item appears in <\/em>Kolaj<\/a> #31<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. To see all the News & Notes items in this issue, SUBSCRIBE<\/a> to <\/em>Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FROM KOLAJ 31 Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020) Kolaj Magazine mourns the loss of Varujan Boghosian, who died at his home in Hanover, New Hampshire on September 21, 2020. Varujan Boghosian was born in New Britain, Connecticut in 1926. A student of…<\/p>\n

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