In the Press

There are a few names worth watching, most notably photographer and mixed-media artist Aram Asarian. The small alcove connected to the Pinkard Gallery holds “Alteration of Plants,”a tiny showcase pf Asarian’s work with living plants, hemmed in occasionally smashed sinister-looking geometric constructions of metal and glass. These works deserve a look, and so do Asarian’s “Walls of Aix-en-Provence and France,” an attractive pair of ultra-close up photographs exploring the texture of two aged cement walls.

– Baltimore City Paper, February 8, 2006

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Something new on our radar this month is the collision of art and botany at the Maryland Institute College of Art. To those of us who boast a green thumb, putting stakes around a tomato plant or training a vine up a trellis is nothing new, but what if a work of art could change the way your garden grows? MICA’s Pinkard Gallery presents a show by student Aram Asarian entitled Alteration of Plants, an exhibition of the sculptures that alter plant growth.

– The Signal, January 26, 2006