Volkmar Gantzhorn
Volkmar Gantzhorn
Art critic, Germany
Volkmar Gantzhorn
The oriental carpet, along with other textiles, is perhaps the greatest contribution of Armenian art to the world art history.
This should be a kind of compensation for a nation that has suffered more than anyone else in its more than 2,000-year history because of its geographic location between East and West; enslaved, stabbed and despised, even deprived of her art, copyrights to which were later attributed to the conquerors out of ignorance or fraud.
A treasure of oriental carpet designs is part of the Armenian identity and should be understood as such.
Volkmar Gantzhorn
Art critic, Germany