The works developed at Ardēan, under the leadership of Vasken Brudian, engage in the concerns of collective identity, history, memory and attempt to introduce a distinct national visual vocabulary, expressed though means of technology. With their multiple viewpoints and multiple visual languages, the paintings represent complexity as well as a historic trace from our past to present. They aspire to present a body of work which manifest that Armenia continues to culturally expand and create innovative, pioneering works in the visual language of the 21st century.
Extensively examining and recording artifacts from all aspects of our present and historic culture – architecture, khachkars (cross-stones), manuscripts, and other artifacts, Ardēan created compositions, integrating technology as a means of expression. The digital composition and the use of technology were central for the chosen pictorial strategy.
The resulting works attempt to discover or uncover a new visual experience that reflects our moment in time and history. It is the search for an orderly expression of our presence, our history and our surroundings that brings purpose to the formation of these works.
