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| Abstract Surrealism of
the 1950s |
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| From his
earliest works, Barooshian has been |
| fascinated by fantastic art and surrealism.
The |
| work of Miró, Matta, Dalí and most profoundly |
| Arshile Gorky, contributed to the development |
| of his mature style. Throughout the works of the
50s we witness great experimentation with |
| a wide variety of media: woodcuts
inspired by Gauguin, Blake, and anonymous miniature |
| book illustrators of the Christian era; etchings
and engravings from his tenure at the great |
| Atelier 17 in
Paris; complex lithographs
fine tuned by his stay at Atelier Dorfinant; and beautifully |
| rendered oil
paintings. These works demonstrate an artistic philosophy based in
imagination, fantasy |
| and freedom of thought. They are at once enigmatic, lyrical, and profoundly his
own. |
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