Elect the Dead

March 18, 2008

Elect the DeadVahe’s art has been featured as the CD cover & in the jacket for Serj Tankian’s solo album, Elect the Dead. The works chosen are a mix of assemblages and acrylic on metal pieces. Tankian immediately migrated toward the cover’s assemblage, My Angel, which was hanging in the artist’s hallway. “We spent some time listening to the tracks, trying to see which works fit his music, but when Serj saw the eyes on the Milagros, he knew that’s exactly what he wanted,” says Berberian, “It was thElect the dead CD jackete perfect marriage of our two worlds.” The Milagros, -acrylic on metal pieces used in the jacket - are a leap from the artist’s minimalists abstract paintings. The small, colorful, figurative paintings show the artists whimsical side and are part of Berberian’s Milargos series. “The Milagros started as an experiment, but I enjoyed the process so much that I could not stop. As an abstract painter, tapping into the figurative well of my unconscious was quite a revelation,” says Berberian. To see more of Vahe’s works please visit VaheBerberian.com. To find out more about Serj’s new album go to SerjTankian.com.

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  1. Skip
    Posted April 30, 2008 at | Permalink

    Hey there,

    I was actually curious about one specific symbol in the Milagros set used inside Elect the Dead. In it there’s the eye and something that looks like a stylized “H” above the eyeball. Is that just an abstract design or is it actually a letter or hieroglyphic character or something? Also is the eye a variation of an eye of Horus or Ra?

    Thanks for any information you could give me on that. I’ve got a thing for languages so I gotta know.

    Keep up the art and have a great day,
    Skip

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