Andranik Avetisyan | |
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Born | 28 December 1968 |
Citizenship | Armenia |
Education | University Degree |
Spouse | Zara Ansuryan |
Children | Hovhannes Avetisyan Laura Avetisyan |
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Awards | New Talent and Creative Thought prize at the Cannes International Exhibition of Modern Art which was held from 1917 |
Andranik Avetisyan (Armenian: Անդրանիկ Հովհաննեսի Ավետիսյան; born 28 December 1968, in Gyumri) is an Armenian artist. He noticed a cobweb[1] in the corner of the window in his studio.[2] Then he had the idea to create a picture[3] of a cobweb,[4] and began to study the life of spiders,[5] and the structure of their cobwebs.[6] Afterwards, he began to breed spiders[7] in order to use their cobwebs to create pictures. Avetisyan's works are made of real cobweb[8] He is the first artist who uses cobwebs for pictures (Cobweb art).[9] Andranik Avetisyan was awarded the "New Talent and Creative Thought" prize at the Cannes International Exhibition of Modern Art, which was held in 2017.[10][11]