November 17, 2008
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Toronto Organizes Art Exhibit by Alexander Saroukhan, Hagop Hagopian and Armenian Canadian Artists

  • Edmond Azadian speaks about the life and work of Alexander S
    Edmond Azadian speaks about the life and work of Alexander Saroukhan during a special event that honored the artist at AGBU Toronto.
  • A view of the audience that attended AGBU Toronto's special
    A view of the audience that attended AGBU Toronto's special art exhibition that featured the work of Alexander Saroukhan, Hagop Hagopian and various Armenian Canadian artists.

From October 31 to November 2, 2008, AGBU Toronto organized an art exhibition at the AGBU Alex Manoogian Cultural Centre in honor of Egyptian-Armenian artist Alexander Saroukhan, who is widely considered the leading caricaturist of 20th-century Armenian life. Also included in the exhibition were art works by Hagop Hagopian of Armenia and local Armenian Canadian artists.

On this occasion, Edmond Azadian was invited from Southfield, Michigan to speak about the life and work of Saroukhan. He also spoke about the work of Hagopian as one of the leading contemporary Armenian painters. Azadian introduced both artists to the crowd and shared his personal experiences with them while he was the editor of "Arev" (Sun) daily newspaper in Cairo, Egypt. Both Saroukhan and Hagopian originally hail from Egypt, while Hagopian repatriated to Armenia during the Soviet period.

Other participating artists were Natalie Avanessian, Oleg Danilyants, Shushanik Danilyants, Silva Djarahyan, Nina Dmitrieva, Seyran Gasbarian, Marine Hakopyan, Tamara Harutyunyan, Hari Ketenjian, Jack Koca, Harout Mardirossian, Tatiyana Menjolian Newyniak and Alina Sahakian.

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