EREBUNI YEREVAN 1968

Yervand Kochar made this sculpture, EREBUNI YEREVAN, with a clear love for colour, and a curiosity for what happens when you put it all together. I can imagine him thinking about what happens if you shift what you think you know about the human form; how does it sit in space, and how can painting capture this? The body is stretched and pulled and a palette of ochre, red, and blue, works to suggest a figure. It’s like she is holding up the world, or some other idea of what a powerful woman might be. Kochar’s world of painting feels in dialogue with other painters thinking about the figure, like Picasso or Matisse. It's like a dance of form and colour. These painters are all speaking to each other across time. It’s an unfinished conversation! And there is always more to say.