Armand Pierre Fernandez
Statue of liberty

Statue of liberty
About the Artist: Armen is an assemblage artist with a prolific inventiveness. It is best known for its "aggregation" operations, that is, its use of scrap, household items, disassembled parts, and waste. By using these materials, Armen gives the seller and the known an effect that creates shock and shock in the viewer. 1966-1960, Click Clac Rate

Armen was born in Nice, France to a collector of antiques. His first lessons in painting were given to him by his father. In 1946 he began studying painting at the Ecole Natoinal d`Art Decoratif in Nice. He continued his studies at the Ecol du Louvre where he focused on studies of archeology and oriental art. During this period, Armen created under the influence of surrealist and Dadaist art. The unifying actions of everyday objects that he noticed exist in works of art fascinated and intrigued him.

In 1954, Armen created a series of paintings that included ink stamps. These works were made under the influence of Kurt Schwitters, whose exhibition he saw that year, of and Jackson Pollock.

In 1960, Armen took a provocative action: he filled an entire gallery with garbage and debris, raising questions about the nature of the art and the role of the artist.

In 1969, together with Pierre Rustani, a critic and theoretician, and other members, Armen founded the "New Realism" group.

Armen's important work is "Parking for a Long Period of Time" (1982). In this work, which is 22 meters high, 60 cars were piled inside a concrete casting. Another famous Armenian series is "Anger", a series that includes musical instruments including piano and violin. These were disassembled, shattered, and reassembled into a new composition. Armen sees in the new forms created as a result of destructive actions changes of order in the perfect form of the object. Other works in this style are: "Chopin's Waterloo" (1962) - a composition of piano fragments; "Proud though" (1980) - violin cuts in a re-composition.