The press service of RA Ministry of Culture, told our journalists that today, September 26, Hasmik Poghosyan, Minister of Culture, awarded Lebanese-Armenian sculptor Raffi Tokatlian with a gold medal.
Raffi Tokatlian was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1957 and was raised in a family of artists. His grandfather, the only member of his Armenian family to survive the Armenian genocide of 1915, had immigrated to Lebanon.
Tokatlian grew up with his grandfather’s stories of the genocide and his escape from Armenia, and they formed the emotional core of his sculptural work.
His works have always been and are still one of the best pieces of art.
As reported, the minister highly appreciated his works and offered him to continue his works in Armenia.
