Original artwork description:

New series “The Crossing” explores the fragile equilibrium of modern existence — a world where the ground beneath us, both literal and psychological, is never truly stable.

In this series, ordinary figures go about their daily routines — walking, waiting, moving — yet their steps fall not on solid earth, but on water.

Through this surreal inversion of the pedestrian act, the works examine the sociological condition of contemporary life: the illusion of stability amid pervasive uncertainty.

Drawing on visual language that bridges realism and metaphor, Garry Arzumanyan questions the ontology of the everyday.
The pedestrian crossing becomes a threshold — between control and chaos, permanence and dissolution, the visible and the unseen forces that shape our era.

Materials used:

Oil

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