TEHRAN – The 15th version of the Fajr Festival of Visual Arts opened on Friday night at the Saba Artwork and Cultural Institute in Tehran.
440 artworks in the groups of painting, illustration, cartoon, photography, calligraphy, graphic design, sculpture and miniature are competing for Golden Tooba in the formal portion.
In addition, 274 functions in different classes have been showcased in Qolleha (Tops), a aggressive segment for veteran artists.
Winners in each classification will also be awarded a 300 million rials (about $720 primarily based on Iran’s free of charge-current market exchange charge: $1 = in excess of 420,000 rials) prize cash.
The winners of honorable mentions will be specified 100 million rials prize income.
Operates from the non-competitive sections of the festival are also on check out at major galleries in the capitals of 32 provinces throughout the region.
“The organizers have carried out their very best to decentralize the pageant,” Mostafa Zaravandian, the director of the festival’s provincial exhibitions, reported final week during a push convention.
Is effective by 12 artists from just about every province are on screen in each provincial cash, he added and observed that this movement may possibly aid find promising young artists in distinctive media.
Talking to journalists at the opening ceremony of the pageant, Deputy Society Minister for Creative Affairs Mahmud Salari mentioned that he has beforehand entered talks with the country’s big art universities to have their collaboration in the event.
“Therefore, students and lecturers are actively playing essential roles in organizing this year’s competition,” he added.
In phone calls printed on social media, teams of artists have asked their colleagues to boycott the pageant in help of the protest arranged against the Iranian govt in autumn.
Salari accused these groups of exerting force on other artists to get them to withdraw from the festival and reported that their functions limit the liberty of action of other artists.
The event is one particular of the Fajr festivals, which are organized each individual yr in January and February to rejoice the Islamic Revolution anniversary.
The 15th edition of the Fajr Competition of Visual Arts will operate till February 17, although winners will be honored in a special ceremony on February 24.
Photo: Art lovers go to the 15th Fajr Pageant of Visual Arts at the Saba Art and Cultural Institute in Tehran on January 27, 2023. (ISNA/Negin Hemmatzadeh)
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