“What seem to be flowers metamorphose into bones, what seem to be ribs turn into fish, what seem to be butcher’s cuts of meat dance and levitate in a choreography whose vitality dispels rather than conveys a sense of the macabre. Adalian’s images have a dark magic to them, to be sure, but, for all their spiky forms and dour colors, their energy is peculiarly life-affirming.”
- Peter Frank

“For Martiros, objective world is never static.  Its internal and external ‘conflicts’ are in perpetual motion, as a result they depart from their original form.  Within the new boundaries they acquire new outlines and content... Picasso’s famous question ‘Where is the drama?’ is not just a question for Martiros, it is his essence. Dramatic perception of the World is not an external fad for him; it is rather a component of his blood.”
- Pogos Haytaian

“An essential vibrancy informs the work of Martiros Adalian. His shape-shifting movements, true to expressionistic ardor, fashion an unpredictable sequence of transcendent, free-flowing matter out of the ordinary. This is a singularly optimistic undertaking, even while we’re made aware of the residual gore that such metamorphoses entail.
- Ishkhan Jinbashian