Cultural Revolution in Shoushi

Hagop Gyurjyan second international symposium on sculpture  took place in the city of Shoushi attended by 19 artists from Italy, Belarus, Belgium, Japan, Armenia and Karabakh is coming to an end. It started on July 13 and lasted 17 days, GeorgiaTimes reports.

First International Symposium of Sculptors also was held in Shushi last year. It was timed to the 130th anniversary of the famous Armenian sculptor Hakob Gyurjyan, a native of the city of Shushi. According to its results 15 sculptures were given to the city.

The organizers of this symposium are the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Youth Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh and the mayor of the city of Shushi.

Vigen Avedis, president of the symposium and the author of the idea, said, "I would like to mention one important thing: in addition to sculptures, which get birth here, we are strengthening international relations between Karabakh and Italy. We have already agreed with Mayor of one of the oldest cities in Italy, Tuscany, the city of Lucca that Shushi and Lucca would become sister cities. They are very similar in appearance - both cities have a fortress. And Lucca has extensive experience in the restoration and this can be very useful for Shushi in the future.”

“All finished work will be left in Shushi, and I would like them to be in one place - for example, in the park. Because they were all born together, and they must also be put together. It will be a museum of sculpture, a kind of an open air museum. We must discuss it with the Mayor of Shushi, choose a location,” Avedis said.