Honoring Shiraz Calligraphy as Culture Minister Visits Master Karimpour

Seyed Abbas Salehi, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Hossein Ali Amiri, Governor of Fars, and Mehdi Ranjbar, Director General of Fars Culture and Islamic Guidance, visited the home of calligrapher and Shirazi naqqashikhat artist Alireza Karimpour and held talks with him. He has created a significant portion of his works inspired by the ghazals and poems of Hafez.

Seyyed Abbas Salehi, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Hossein Ali Amiri, Governor of Fars, and Mehdi Ranjbar, Director General of Fars Culture and Guidance, met and talked with Shirazi calligrapher and calligraphy artist Alireza Karimpour at his home. An artist who has created a significant part of his works inspired by Hafez's sonnets and poems.

According to Ambassador Arjan's report, Seyed Abbas Salehi met with Professor Alireza Karimpour in the cultural programs of his trip to Shiraz at the same time as Hafez's commemoration day. A visit that showed attention to the position of veteran artists and their years of activity in the field of calligraphy and visual arts.

Karimpour is one of the well-known artists of Shiraz in the field of calligraphy and calligraphy, who has created a wide collection of works based on Hafez's poems in his artistic career.

According to published reports, the number of his calligraphy works with the themes and verses of this famous poet has exceeded 2 thousand works.

Creation of thousands of works with Hafez poetry

Alireza Karimpour's interest in calligraphy started from his childhood and he continued to pursue this art professionally under the teacher Qasim Ahsant.

The link with Hafez's poetry became one of the main areas of Ustad Karimpour's artistic creations; In such a way that the sonnets and verses of Lasan al-Ghaib were among the most important sources of inspiration for his works.

In addition to his professional activity in the field of calligraphy and calligraphy, this Shirazi artist taught calligraphy and graphics in Shiraz conservatories for about three decades and played a significant role in organizing visual and decorative arts exhibitions.

The intersection of the artist's tribute with Hafez's commemoration day

The meeting of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance with this artist on the day of commemoration of Hafez is a reminder of the long-standing relationship between poetry and visual arts in Shiraz. A city where Hafez's name has survived not only in Hafiziyah, but also in the works of artists who have the same name.

Artists like Alireza Karimpour show that Hafez's legacy is not only limited to reading and interpreting his ghazals, but can be the source of new artistic creations. The works that connect Persian classical poetry to the language of images and provide the opportunity for the audience to re-encounter the literary world of this great poet.

The preparation of the Ministry of Culture to publish the works of Ostad Karimpour

At the end of this meeting, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, while appreciating the efforts and artistic efforts of Ustad Karimpour, announced the readiness of this ministry to support the printing and publishing of this artist's works.

Later, Ustad Karimpour presented one of his calligraphy works from the collection of works related to Hafez to Seyyed Abbas Salehi, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, and Hossein Ali Amiri, Governor of Fars.

At the end of this cordial meeting, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance and the Governor of Fars visited the workshop of Ustad Karimpour and got to know the artist's activities and works of art.