“Garabedian’s work can be reminiscent of many artists’ work throughout Mediterranean history, but one
would be hard pressed to say that he is derivative of any one of them. Garabedian’s doughy, slow bodies resemble the languor of Pablo Picasso’s classical period (see The Pan Pipes, 1923), with its listless mothers and bathers rendered with a gravity and volume too heavy and thick for normal humans, yet too soft and tender for stone. Garabedian will foreshorten like Andrea Mantegna. He will compose a picture, at times, like Piero della Francesca, with abrupt but organized transitions of distance. He can be as dreamy and as prone to finding spirits in the world as Paul Gauguin, or as idle and luxurious as Henri Matisse. “ – Ed Schad

This acrylic painting ‘Prehistoric figure,’ (1978-80) by Charles Garabedian is part of the Broad Collection, which will be available to the public in 11 days! Don’t miss the upcoming Charles Garabedian exhibition at L.A. Louver in October for his latest works!