Valentin G. Podpomogov

[zarajara]

Alas, I am not so optimistic and with good reason. Year in 2003-2004, I had a project: for the Voice of Armenia "I wrote a small series of articles on Armenian artists of the older generation, who at one time (50-70 years) were very well known. They were artists with the Soviet titulaturoy with titles. I walked home, talking to family members, among which, incidentally, most - the artists or the artists.
And came to the disappointing conclusion: artist should be engaged by her family and it is the fundamental condition of his posthumous fame.
Everything, literally everything greeted me with joy, like "finally came to an art historian who is going to my dad." However, do not bother to do even basic attribution. Ask who the portrait when he wrote the work, but simply - the size. The answer is "not remember", "do not know" and drag the ruler to measure. Ask for photos, saying "somewhere in the closet on the balcony."
This series of articles came out, but then the "Voice" has not come out in the electronic version, as I have them in typed form is not preserved, only in the tenderloin, can I dial again (if the time is) and then put in your diary or on the appropriate page .
Now only otsmatrivala entitled "Armenian Artists", about someone a couple of lines (Hovhannes Zardaryan Vahan Horenyan Ara Bekarian) about somebody nothing at all (Eprem Savayan, Sedrak Rashmadzhyan).
Young people, artists and art students, about most of them do not know.
So it's not fact, if the relatives are not involved, the artist disappears from the arena, as the same Unanian Artashes, Ashot Melkonyan, Vahram Khachikyan
In addition. time greatly accelerated the flow of information is enormous and very quick version - will appreciate the descendants will not work. Name, whose would it have been, simply do not have time to catch on consciousness, it takes down this stream, so must be constantly reminded.
What Valya remembers, despite the fact that 12 years ago - certainly evidence of "people's love for him, and of course the fact that Asya, his wife, yet was able to initiate the site (incidentally, the article signed by Zara and Zara Maloyan Ter-Akopian - mine), but I think he deserves more.