Pinocchio Ivan Vartanian

Ivan Vartanian

The Abeyant Nursery is a collection of multi-disciplinary artworks that confronts my loss of personal identity due to various traumatic experiences from my childhood

and every photograph in this series is related to my own experience and those of the people around me

“Boxes” takes us to the boxes containing Frank’s photographs and films at Bleecker Street

the idea of a photobook was ignited

Pinocchio Ivan VartanianThanks to Carlo Collodi, the real creator of Pinocchio, I have for many years been able to live thru the wooden boy. His ability to hold the metaphor in limitless ways has made my drawings, paintings and sculpture of him richer by far. His poor burned feet, his misguided judgment, his vanity about his large nose, his temporary donkey ears all add up to the real sum of his parts. In the end it is his great heart that holds me. I have carried him on my