In 2021 FNF South Caucasus Yerevan office organized a contest for large scale murals to be painted in Yerevan. As a result we received a dozen of applications with sketches with a focus on the proposed topics: post-pandemic future and everyone is equal before law. The jury selected the following artists’ works, which were painted in several spots of Yerevan.
Below we are presenting the information about works.
Taron Manukyan
Post-epidemic future
Current life is henceforth dualized. It won’t be the same, at least for several coming years. The epidemic has divided the life in two for the current generation. There was the past, there is the epidemic present, and there will be the post-epidemic future, and they’ll totally differ by nature. During the epidemic, the future seems to be immobile in the mind of mankind: there’s only today, because the future is unclear. All ideas about future have vanished. But the future is projected onto the present, and everything still has got future. Future is always changeable, dual. After the epidemic, it will radically differ, with its ways of existence, mindset, behavior and, of course, technologies. The predicted future for post-pandemic period is that of technologies. During the post-pandemic environment, the future will have its logical continuation. As in all life circles, the future will have its developments, with a bit different content and psychological vision. New and old, youth and old age will always meet, face and follow each other, regardless of conditions. Human being lives only a life, but in different courses. The past is already lived, which leaves wrinkles and furrows, and the future is reflected on youth’s features.
Artur Saryan
Post-epidemic future
Left picture
A faceless character in a closed uniform cut away a piece of colorless, unfertile land and holds it in his hand. An image of a young tree can be seen on that curved piece of land. And the man is going to take it away, to save from extinction and take care of it. Thus, the hope for salvation can be seen, and the man has beaten the evil called pandemic.
Right picture
A faceless character in a closed uniform is standing on a deserted and unfertile land. He is looking at the newly blossomed tree, a shovel in his hand. After the long pandemic period, it has sprouted, blossomed, which means the life goes on. This has an interesting symbolism: for the first time, the unfertile land has yielded, has grown bigger, so the Earth has overcome the chain of infection.
Garik Yengibaryan
Justice with open and closed eyes
(Every person is equal before the law)
The portrait of the ancient Greek goddess Themis on this mural is divided into two parts. One of the parts represents the face of the goddess with closed eye, which symbolizes the main principle of justice – impartiality. The second part represents the face with open eye, which symbolizes the opposite of this principle. The image represents the contrast of partial and impartial justice. As every person is equal before the law, there shouldn’t be such contradiction.
Anush Ghazaryan
Every person is equal before the law
The word “canon”, according to some sources, comes from the Greek word κανών (kanṓn) and means law. That object is used to draw a straight line or to demarcate the limits of something. The society has also a “canon”, and that is the Constitution, which comprises the same word of limit (in Armenian- Սահմանադրություն, and Սահման means limit). The Constitution introduces penalties for inappropriate behavior in society and the limits of human freedom. A good Constitution should not have clauses, which contradict each other. If some people have advantage before the law, then everyone should benefit from the same advantage. Every person is equal before the law, without exceptions.