Sao Paulo, Brazil, Armenian Genocide Memorial
| Subject: | 80TH ANIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE OF 1915 (view image) |
| Type of Memorial: | Monumental Sculpture |
| Sponsor(s): | BANCO SOFISA & METROPOLITANO DE SÃO PAULO |
| Architect/Designer/Artist: | JOSELY CARVALHO |
| Placement: | PERMANENT INSTALLATION (CLAY SCULPTURE, ETCHED GLASS, LANDSCAPE AND WATER)ON THE GROUND / STANDING ON ITS OWN |
| Physical Setting: | ESTAÇÃO ARMÊNIA, SUBWAY STATION, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL THE CLAY SCULPTURES (KHATCHKAR) ARE LOCATED INSIDE TWO BODIES OF WATER OUTSIDE IN THE GARDEN OF THE STATION NORTH AND SOUTH. THE ETCHED GLASSES (4 PANELS) ARE LOCATED INSIDE THE STATION AS THE PASSENGER WALKS TO THE TRAIN TO SEE - TWO ON THE NORTH AND TWO ON THE SOUTH SIDE. TWO WATER FALLS ARE LOCATED BEHIND THE CLAY SCULPTURES. THE WHOLE MEMORIAL IS SURROUNDED BY GARDEN NORTH AND SOUTH |
| Tourist Amenities: | Yes |
| Physical Condition: | THE MEMORIAL WAS RENOVATED AND RE-INAUGURATED ON APRIL 24, 2005 FOR THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. |
| Inscription: | THE MEMORIAL CARRIES TWO TEXTS ETCHED ON THE FOUR GLASS PANELS: 1. CHANTS OF VAHAKN (FRAGMENT OF THE FIRST ARMENIAN ORAL HISTORY) IN PORTUGUESE AND ARMENIAN. 2) FRAGMENT OF A POEM BY DIANE DER HOVANESSIAN IN PORTUGUESE AND ARMENIAN |
| Location: | ESTAÇAO ARMENIA, METRO, SAO PAULO Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Proposal Date: | 1994 |
| Design Date: | 1994-1995 |
| Construction Began: | January 1995 |
| Construction Completed: | November 1995 |
| Dedication Date: | November 1995 |
| Opening Date: | Novemeber 1995 |
| Renovation Date: | April 2005 |
| Redesign Date: | 2004 |
| Prior Use of Site: | THE STATION WAS CALLED BEFORE PONTE PEQUENA (SMALL BRIDGE) BUT WAS SURROUNDED BY THREE ARMENIAN CHURCHES. ARMENIANS LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN ARRIVED IN BRAZIL AROUND 1917/1920. |
| History of Ownership: | THE MEMORIAL IS PART OF THE EXISTING COLLECTION OF WORKS OF ART OF THE METROPOLITANO DE SÃO PAULO |
| Additional Information: | CATALOGUE AND NEWSPAPERS. THE METRO OD SAO PAULO HAS PUBLISHED A LARGE BOOK DOCUMENTING ALL WORKS OF ART IN THE SEVERAL SUBWAY STATIONS. https://biblioteca.metrosp.com.br/index.php/ptbr/365-exposicoesacervos/667-josely |
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