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ART:
Tribute to hospital
make you laugh.
Part of it portrays a sleepy nymph spilling the world's elements,
brought to life by breath of God. Depicted in artistic tradition as cold north
wind, here the deity is embodied as a plump ice cream maker, complete with real
scoop.
"This is about not being serious about life," Galust says,
surveying the colorful exhibit. "You should find a reason to smile."
Greg
is an instructor at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. His acrylic and
gouache paintings blend urban and natural elements with a focus on local sights
around San Mateo County.
One piece shows single-prop engines poised on the
Half Moon Bay Airport runway. Another is a moody depiction of the Belmont Hills,
where father and son life and work together.
The Russian-born artist said they
respect the doctors working at the San Mateo Medical Center because many have
passed up better paying careers in the private sector in order to treat the poor
and medically needy.
In this, the Orduyan say the calling of doctors and artists
is the same - to serve humanity.
"This is the duty of people who work
here," Galust says, gesturing emphatically. "This is more than work.
This is a lifestyle."
The exhibit, which opened Thursday, will be shown
through November 14.
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in gesture of their respect for the county hospital and its staff, Galust, 60,
and his 33-year0old son Greg, have lined the hallway leading to the intensive
care wing with their artwork - bright, humorous tile mosaic and impressionistic
landscapes that the two have exhibited around the country.
"It's our
payback. We have to somehow express our feeling of those people, they are amazing,"
Galust Orduyan says in his thick Russian accent.
"It's a magical thing to say thanks."
Yelena
Orduyan was admitted to the county-run hospital in 1997 with a severe thyroid
condition that Galust | in
wheelchairs.
The Orduyans say their work
is meant to bring life and a little humor to the otherwise serious, sterile hospital
environment.
"It's a tribute to the medical professionals, to the doctors
and medical personnel who became our friends," Greg Orduyan says.
The
central piece in the exhibit is an extravagant, ceramic tile mosaic created by
Galust, a lighthearted take on an ancient creation myth. Some elements have elaborate
symbolic meanings. Others are just there to |
