fashion collagist Valeriya Manasaryan

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artist of the week: fashion collagist Valeriya Manasaryan

From an early age I spent more time with scissors and a glue stick in

my hands than with pencils. Vivid pictures on cereals boxes and gummy

bears caused my genuine interest and admiration. So all meals I ate

turned into a fun game, during which I created unimaginable stories and

new characters. Over time, my interest has shifted towards glossy

magazines, piles of which I found on bookshelves in my parents house.

PARIS

Calder-Picasso / Musée national Picasso-Paris

Until August, 25

What do Pablo Picasso and Alexander Calder have in common? The most obvious answer might be: they both were striking artists and contemporaries. The current exhibition examines however a more profound resemblance — the Franco-Spanish painter and the American architect had a genuine interest for different dimensions what made them explore space and find new ways to interact with it. Whereas Calder’s pre-kinetic sculptures are full of a scientist’s curiosity and intellectual power, Picasso’s works are introspective and self-expressive at once. 120 works altogether of the two geniuses of the 20th century (shake, but don’t stir, please) are certainly something worth seeing in the city of (art) lovers.

What else to see: Berthe Morisot: Female Impressionist at The Musée d’Orsay; Bernard Frieze. Without Remorse at the Centre Pompidou

I remember appreciating the days when my mother allowed me to take

a couple of old, already forgotten editions as if it were a holiday. I used

them all — various boxes, candy wrappers, old tickets, different labels.

I enjoyed turning “garbage“ into postcards and posters and hanging it on

the walls of my teenage room. By the way, the love for bright scraps did

not disappear while studying at art school and university. However, it was

the manual graphics that identified my student artworks, making them

look different.

What else to see: Summer of love: art, fashion, and rock and roll at the Palais Populaire; Gustave Caillebotte: Painter and Patron of Impressionism at the Alte Nationalgalerie

For me collage is not only a hobby, but also a way to make a living, which allows me to meet new interesting people, collaborate with artists, magazines and photographers. I am 21 years old now.

What else to see: Summer of love: art, fashion, and rock and roll at the Palais Populaire; Gustave Caillebotte: Painter and Patron of Impressionism at the Alte Nationalgalerie

You can already find a number of projects for some famous music groups

and publications for Harper’s Bazaar Russia in my portfolio, even though I
do not live in a big Russian city like Moscow or Saint Petersburg — I reside
in Rostov-on-Don. I learnt to find inspiration in everything, but still I am
really influenced by talented people, fashion and my own achievements.