"Expansive Change: Distortion as Dialogue in Modern and Contemporary Art" curated by Santiago R. Guggenheim
May 4 – August 30, 2024
Marcos Grigorian
Straw Triptych, 1982 - 1988
Straw Compound on Canvas
32 x 72 in. / 81 x 183 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Eclipse, 1988
Found Construction Object on Acrylic Mixed Media Compound on Board
32 x 23 in. / 81 x 59 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Eclipse, 1988
Mixed Media on Panel
31.75 x 25.5 x 6 in. / 81 x 65 x 15 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Sonia...I Love NY, 1986
Mixed Media on Canvas
41 x 30 in. / 104 x 76.2 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Dizy Abqousht #3, 1979
Bread, Sugar, Ceramic and Food Sealed in Resin
25.5 x 25 in. / 65 x 63.5 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Desert (Earthwork series), 1972
Mud and Resin on Canvas
31.5 x 31.5 in. / 80 x 80 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Untitled, 1970's
Straw on Mixed Media Compound on Canvas
20 x 24 in. / 51 x 61 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Upstairs Downstairs, 1968
Straw and Earth Compound on another Compound on Burlap
72 x 36 in. / 182.9 x 91.4 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Pistaschios #1, 1968
Pistachios Adhered to Mixed Media Soil Compound on Burlap
23.75 x 22 in. / 60.3 x 55.9 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Sangok (Summer), 1967
Persian Bread, Stones and Resin on Earth Compound on Burlap
56.25 x 31.5 in. / 142.9 x 80 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Falling Brick, 1966
Wood Tiles Adhered to Canvas on Soil Compound
41.5 x 39.5 in. / 105 x 100 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Half of Loaf, 1966
Bread and Mixed Media Soil Compound on Burlap
23.5 x 22 in. / 59.7 x 55.9 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Full Loaf, 1966
Acrylic and Glazed Bread on Burlap
39.25 x 30.25 in. / 100 x 77 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Wedding Bouquet, 1965
Ceramic Coins, Nuts, Comb, Shells, Found Painting in Soil and Straw Compound in Wood Frame
24 x 42.5 in. / 61 x 108 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Eight of Nine, 1964
Acrylic and Sealant on Eight Wooden Tiles on Earth Compound on Curlap
38 x 38 in. / 96.5 x 96.5 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Tree of Life, 1963
Mixed Media Compound on Canvas
31 x 23 in. / 79 x 58.5 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Earthwork, 1963
Mixed Media and Soil on Canvas
33.5 x 16.5 in. / 85.1 x 41.9 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Vibration #4, 1963
Mixed Media on Canvas
24 x 20 in. / 61 x 50.8 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Tree of Life, 1961
Mixed Media Compound on Canvas
43.25 x 18 in. / 110 x 46 cm
Marcos Grigorian
Tree of Life, 1960's
Acrylic on Mixed Media Compound on Canvas
31 x 21.5 in. / 79 x 55 cm
Marcos Grigorian was born in Russia in 1925 and passed away in Armenia in 2007. During his life, he lived in Iran, Italy, the US, and Armenia. In the late 1950s, he became one of the first artists to commemorate the Holocaust with a series of murals titled “The Gates of Auschwitz.” He called the work as “a 120 feet long cry of horror.” Grigorian was an artist, a curator, a collector, a teacher, and an actor – leaving an incredible mark on the visual culture of the twentieth century.
Grigorian’s art is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern, the British Museum, the Grey Gallery of NYU, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, the National Gallery, the Near East Museum in Armenia, and the Nelson Rockefeller Collection.
