We are hosting an Artist Mixer for artists in our current Tarot show.
Free event.
Details:
Where: Gallery-O-Rama, 1920 Polk Street, SF
Date: Friday, October 27th
Time: 6p-8p
There will be an Oracle reader, drinks & snacks!
Photograph by Tony Van Le
About my mural, “Crying Evil Eyes,” in Tarot Show:
Evil Eyes are symbolic of warding off evil. It is a symbolic image that has been used across many cultures for thousands of years. In Armenian culture, the Evil Eye is very common.
The mural, “Crying Evil Eyes”(1) depicts the lack of protection for 120,000 indigenous Armenians who live in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh).
In November 2022, Azerbaijan started a humanitarian blockade on Armenians living in Artsakh for over 11 months in the Lochin Corridor- this corridor is the only main access road from Nagarno-Karabakh to Armenia. No one was allowed to bring food, supplies or medical aid to this region, and Armenians slowly began to die from lack of medicine, hunger, and other supplies.
Since I began the mural beginning September 2023, indigenous Armenians have been killed by the Azerbaijan military, not only by humanitarian blockade but also by military weapons. The remaining Armenians were forced to flee Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh or in fear of their lives be killed. Over 70,000 Armenians are now refugees, and Azerbaijan has taken the region.
(1) The mural “Crying Evil Eyes” represents the lack of awareness or/and support from those outside of the situation. This piece is to bring awareness to a situation about a genocide that just happened and happens over and over again to other minorities and cultures in our world.
