New Talent and Creative Thought prize at the Cannes International Exhibition of Modern Art which was
held from 1917
Andranik Avetisyan (Armenian: Անդրանիկ Հովհաննեսի Ավետիսյան; born 28 December 1968, in Gyumri) is an Armenian artist. He is best known for cobweb art.
He noticed a cobweb[1] in the corner of the window in his studio.[2] Then he had the idea to create a picture[3] of a cobweb,[4] and began to study the life of spiders,[5] and the structure of their cobwebs.[6] Afterwards, he began to breed spiders[7] in order to use their cobwebs to create pictures. Avetisyan's works are made of real cobweb[8] He is the first artist who uses cobwebs for pictures (Cobweb art).[9] Andranik Avetisyan was awarded the "New Talent and Creative Thought" prize at the Cannes International Exhibition of Modern Art, which was held in 2017.[10][11]