From Patrick Burton curators Mighty Real Queer Detroit: 


On the evening of October 20, two young Queer men jumped to their deaths from a bridge in Armenia’s capital city, Yerevan. The couple—16-year-old Arsen and 21-year-old Tigran—recently posted photos on Instagram with the caption, “Happy end: decisions about sharing the photos and our future actions were made jointly by both of us.”


The deaths led to an outpouring of hate speech on social media.


The reaction to the Instagram photos, showing the two young men kissing, applying face masks, and displaying what appeared to be wedding bands, included some emotional tributes – but were expressions of jubilation that they were dead and called for other gay people to kill themselves.

Falling Armenians 1
2024
Oil on canvas
32 x 18 in
Falling Armenians 2
2024
Oil on canvas
66 x 40 in
Falling Armenians 3
2024
Oil on canvas
48 x 28 in
Falling Armenians 4
2024
Oil on canvas
48 x 28 in
Falling Armenians 5
2024
Oil on canvas
36 x 24 in
Falling Armenians 8
2024
Oil on canvas
66 x 40 in
Falling Armenians Afternoon
2024
Oil on paper
25 x 4 in
Falling Armenians Night
2024
Oil on paper
9.875 x 6 in
Falling Armenians Roman
2024
Oil on paper
10 x 6 in
Fallen 4
2024
Oil on canvas
66 x 36 in
Fallen Armenians for Arsen and Tirgran
2024
Oil on canvas
60 x 28 in
Fallen 3
2024
Oil on canvas
66 x 36 in
Falling Tondo 1
2024
Acrylic on canvas
⌀ 36
Falling Tondo 2
2024
Acrylic on canvas
⌀ 36
Falling Tondo 3
2024
Acrylic on canvas
⌀ 36
Fallen Tondo
2024
Acrylic on canvas
⌀ 36
Fallen (Installation)
2025
Oil on canvas
48 x160 in
Fallen Tondo (Installation)
2025
Oil on canvas
36 X 196 in
Falling Armenians (Installation)
2024
Oil on canvas
66 x 204 in