Hrair Sarkissian creates large-format photographs and installations around absence, memory, disappearance and contested histories. His images often depict places connected to executions, war, exile or family history without showing the event itself.
Photography; video; installation
Artist Films
Photographer Hrair Sarkissian: Through These Traumas | Louisiana Channel
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Major Works
- 2008Execution Squares
- 2012Unexposed
- 2014Homesick
- 2013Background
- 2018–19Final Flight
- 2021The Other Side of Silence
- 2011Istory
- 2007Front Line
- 2006In Between
- 2018Last Seen
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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