{"title":"Mkhitar Aslanian","description":"\u003cp\u003eMkhitar Aslanian is a contemporary Armenian artist whose practice spans painting and works on paper. His artistic language developed from Armenian and Georgian cultural traditions, Soviet academic training and the wider influence of twentieth-century European art. He studied easel painting at the Panos Terlemezian Art College in Yerevan from 1969 to 1973. Aslanian is primarily known for figurative and symbolic works that explore the human condition. His paintings often combine recognisable figures, objects and architectural forms with symbolism and expressive painterly surfaces. Colour, dense layering, heavy impasto and richly worked textures are important characteristics of his painting style. His works explore themes including memory, faith, solitude, fear, love, loss and the contradictions of human experience. Alongside painting, he has developed an extensive graphic practice featuring intricate detail, ornamental structures and fine linear work. Biblical subjects, personal memories, historical figures, literary themes and everyday life all appear within his broad artistic vocabulary. Overall, Aslanian's work brings together symbolism, cultural memory and emotional experience to create a distinctive and deeply personal visual language\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"venetian-evening-mkhitar-aslanian","title":"Venetian Evening - Mkhitar Aslanian","description":"\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal Artwork, created in 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Oil on canvas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtwork Size: 150 × 150 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCertificate Of Authenticity, Hand Signed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this painting, Venice unfolds as a place of light, silence, and dissolving form. Its familiar architecture remains recognisable yet gradually merges into a unified painterly atmosphere where reflections soften the boundary between the city and the water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than describing the city with documentary precision, the artist focuses on the experience of evening, when light transforms perception and architecture acquires an almost immaterial presence. Vertical brushstrokes create a continuous rhythm that connects sky, buildings, and water into a single visual flow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work invites the viewer to experience Venice not simply as a geographical location but as an inner landscape of memory, where silence becomes part of the language of painting and light carries the emotional weight of the composition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KELLART","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67679793021294,"sku":null,"price":6500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/0534\/0526\/files\/VenetianEveningreal.png?v=1791394821"},{"product_id":"urbino-at-dusk-mkhitar-aslanian","title":"Urbino at Dusk - Mkhitar Aslanian","description":"\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal Artwork, created in 2017\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Oil on canvas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtwork Size: 150 × 150 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCertificate Of Authenticity, Hand Signed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUrbino at Dusk\u003c\/em\u003e presents the celebrated Renaissance city not as a documentary cityscape but as a meditation on historical memory. Rather than pursuing architectural precision, the artist evokes Urbino as a place suspended between physical reality and centuries of European cultural consciousness. Rising above the dense rhythm of rooftops, the cathedral dome becomes both the visual and spiritual anchor of the composition, quietly unifying the surrounding urban fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA restrained palette of deep blues, warm ochres and muted terracotta tones allows the city to dissolve into the atmosphere of evening, where architecture appears shaped as much by memory as by light. Richly textured brushwork preserves the vitality of the painter's gesture, giving the surface a tactile sense of accumulated time. The painting ultimately transforms Urbino into something greater than a geographical location: it becomes a symbol of enduring civilisation, where architecture carries the weight of history, artistic achievement and collective cultural identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KELLART","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67679801311598,"sku":null,"price":6500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/0534\/0526\/files\/Atduskreal.png?v=1791394631"},{"product_id":"the-protector-mkhitar-aslanian","title":"The Protector - Mkhitar Aslanian","description":"\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal Artwork, created in 2024\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Oil on board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtwork Size: 120 × 95 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSold framed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCertificate Of Authenticity, Hand Signed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe viewer encounters a city that seems to exist between earth and sky. At the centre of the composition rises a luminous human-like figure, recalling at once a tree, a pillar of light, and a spiritual presence. It becomes the conceptual axis of the painting, uniting the fragmented architecture into a single visual space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title directs the viewer not toward a specific character but toward the idea of invisible guardianship accompanying both humanity and the city through times of uncertainty and destruction. The surrounding architecture appears fragile, emerging from memory itself, while the central vertical figure remains stable and enduring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe painting is constructed through the interaction of dense texture, luminous passages, and deep browns, blues, and warm earth tones. 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The central figure appears to hide the face, shielding not only from the viewer but from an intensely personal emotional experience. The posture conveys psychological tension more powerfully than facial expression ever could.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliant reds and warm oranges contrast with calm blues and greens surrounding the figure, making emotion itself the true subject of the composition. The geometric fragments and surrounding objects do not construct a realistic interior but instead become projections of the character's inner state, where every colour carries emotional meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmbarrassment\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on human vulnerability, on that fleeting instant when emotion overcomes language and silence becomes the most truthful expression of the self.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KELLART","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67679809405294,"sku":null,"price":5000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/0534\/0526\/files\/Emb1.png?v=1791544366"},{"product_id":"wounded-world-mkhitar-aslanian","title":"Wounded World - Mkhitar Aslanian","description":"\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal Artwork, created in 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Oil on board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtwork Size: 180 × 130 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCertificate Of Authenticity, Hand Signed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWounded World\u003c\/em\u003e is a philosophical meditation on the fragility of civilisation and its enduring capacity to survive historical catastrophe. Rather than depicting a specific event, the artist creates a universal image of a world that bears the visible scars of war, violence, and moral upheaval. Through an intricate symbolic language, personal and collective memory are transformed into a broader reflection on the shared destiny of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe monumental white central figure may be read simultaneously as a human being, the Tree of Life, a bird, or a spiritual presence uniting earthly and transcendent realms. Its surface is crossed by countless linear marks resembling wounds or scars, suggesting that history leaves its imprint not only upon individuals but upon civilisation itself. Behind this figure unfolds a powerful field of crimson, evoking memory, suffering, sacrifice, and the resilient force of life that persists despite destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough expressive brushwork, richly textured surfaces, and profound symbolic complexity, the work becomes a meditation on remembrance, healing, and humanity's ethical responsibility toward its own history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KELLART","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67679810224494,"sku":null,"price":6500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/0534\/0526\/files\/WoudWrld1.png?v=1791544456"},{"product_id":"the-road-to-god-mkhitar-aslanian","title":"The Road to God - Mkhitar Aslanian","description":"\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal Artwork, created in 2022\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Mixed media on paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtwork Size: 69 × 49 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvailable framed or unframed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCertificate Of Authenticity, Hand Signed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Road to God\u003c\/em\u003e is a philosophical symbolic composition exploring the human journey toward the Divine and the lifelong search for spiritual meaning. A luminous vertical path dominates the composition, linking the earthly realm with the celestial sphere and transforming the entire image into a visual metaphor of spiritual ascent. At its centre stands the solitary figure of a traveller, seen from behind, representing every individual who embarks upon an inward pilgrimage. Above, the radiant face of God emerges from the heavens, suggesting that the encounter between humanity and the Divine is not solely the result of human striving but also of divine presence reaching toward humanity. Filled with stars, clouds, and radiant light, the surrounding space evokes eternity rather than physical landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExecuted in mixed media on paper, the work combines an almost monochromatic palette with a disciplined vertical composition and a restrained symbolic language. 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