Sculptural Presence: Hakob Gurdjian’s Portrait Busts

The present article intends to “read” and analyze the sculptural formulations of the period when Hakob Gurdjian, a foreigner who had just conquered the shores of France, had been greatly touched by the French artistic thought, gradually becoming part of the context of French art. Appearing in exhibitions that covered a wide range of important and public influences, Gurdjian also made his theoretical contribution to the understanding of the French sculptural atmosphere. The presented French-language manuscript, titled “My Reflections on the Sculpture” authored by Hakob Gurdjian, was of great importance, as it revealed from what point of view and with what kind of inclusion he saw the sculpture and how he perceived the material, the form, and its embodiment.