Comments on: Imaging the Sacred

By: roger

roger — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:36:04 +0000

Dean, Annig …

First Dean, I am sorry to say I can do no more than wish you luck with your search. I do not know if the readership here can help – though I guess there must be wider forums which might, and which you may be of course, trying already.

Annig – thank you. Amidst pressures pulling me in different directions, the matter of your father’s beautiful work is something I would like to pursue at some point. For I find his work not only very beautiful, but as I have indicated, also very healing for our troubled culture.

As I suggest often here, including above and also in my latest post, I believe our culture is plagued by frequent attempts to reduce and minimise the Mysteries of the Church to purely psychological explanations. Testimony is needed to the Mystery. Unambiguous, unashamed, non-prevaricating testimony.

What I have seen of your father’s beautiful work renders such testimony very, very ELOQUENTLY. It seems to me it is aspiring to something vitally needed today. And when I get time I must look further in his direction, in what he was trying to do.

It would be very good to know more of his inspiration. Again I thank you – and plese forgive me that even this little acknowledgment has taken so long.

By: annig agemian raley

annig agemian raley — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:58:41 +0000

I am the daughter of Ariel Agemian. You can contact me.
annig agemian raley

By: annig agemian raley

annig agemian raley — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:57:23 +0000

In answer to your question about the artist, Ariel Agemian, I am his daughter and I have detailed information that I would be pleased to share.
annig agemian raley

By: dean

dean — Mon, 31 May 2010 02:34:41 +0000

I have a kunzli freres print i am dying to backtrack can someone help?

By: roger

roger — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:32:35 +0000

Edwin and Ron, all too slowly I am responding, and slowly I am further discovering this world that you have served to elucidate Ron. It is important and I am grateful for all your comments. With too many things on the front burner right now, this needs to be on the back burner for now. But that does not mean I willl forget! I think there is something so important with these beautiful illustrations and I am definitely interested in bringing such imagery more to the light in our closed, materialistic age. Finally I found a little bit about Ariel Agemian´s biography here here http://www.jesusinthedoor.com/id1.html

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“The Hushed Movement of Wings” — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:35:59 +0000

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By: Ron Criss

Ron Criss — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:55:56 +0000

Roger, I would contact the Confraternity to see if they hold copyright of the art. According to my copy the imprimatur was issued in 1954. Their website seems to have been suspended, but I found the following info:

Confraternity of the Precious Blood
(718) 436-1120
5300 Fort Hamilton Pkwy,
Brooklyn, NY 11219

By: Edwin Shendelman

Edwin Shendelman — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:20:33 +0000

I wonder if anybody knows a source that looks at Agemian’s collective works and biography. I just found scattered pieces on the Net.

By: roger

roger — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:28:45 +0000

Edwin, Ron, thank you both warmly for these comments.

My appreciation for and belief in the importance for such art is deepening and deepening. Thus I am very glad you have named the artist Ron and will definitely be googling what you have shared.

I assume this art is old and in the public domain. One of my longer term hopes is publishing books in addition to my own through Print on Demand.

If the book you mention Ron is in the public domain, you have set me to wondering. I am also pondering sharing this kind of beautiful old art in other ways through the site and perhaps on cards again through Print on Demand. Which might help support this site a little.

Finally since I last commented here this site has gone through a redesign by my friend Mark. No way I could have done it! I love the redesign but am slightly concerned that Mark has put the comments into too small a font. The whole result is elegant indeed, but I wonder how commenters feel about this new display.

Again thank you both!. All comments here are greatly appreciated.

By: Ron Criss

Ron Criss — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:30:12 +0000

This illustration and many others like it by Armenian artist Ariel Agemian can be found, in the Confraternity of the Precious Blood’s little blue pocket edition of “My Imitation of Christ”. Unfortunately I don’t see an ISBN number. I’d sure like to see the book re-published in a larger edition with the same beautiful illustrations!

Ron