Hrair Sarkissian: Other Pains

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“Keeping the same way of thinking is depressive,” Hrair Sarkissian told whitehotmagazine.com. “I am someone who makes a lot of jokes, and my work is completely depressive, melancholic, and [tells] only sad stories. There is nothing that gives a positive feeling. It’s all kinds of desperation.”

An Armenian born in Syria and currently based in London, Hrair is considered one of the leading conceptual photographers of his generation. He also works with moving image, sculpture, sound and installation, conveying stories of conflict, displacement, loss and hope. 

Comprising three bodies of work, Hrair’s now-showing Other Pains exhibition features captivating landscapes and urban scenes which reflect sites of pain, trauma or melancholy, either from the artist’s own personal history or the previous experiences of others.

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