The transformation was revealed in the visualization of Fajr; Jalil Rasouli and crossing traditional boundaries of calligraphy

In the past week, the call for the 19th Fajr Visual Arts Festival was published with changes in the performance, also the masters of the youth festival workshops were introduced and the Jalil Rasouli exhibition ended.

Ambassador of Arjan - Art Group - Azadeh Fazli; Visual arts is one of the art fields in our country, which has the possibility of emerging and reacting quickly to events compared to other arts, but it is generally neglected compared to other arts such as cinema and music. In the series of reports "Visual arts in the past week", we are trying to express part of the process of the events that happened in the last week.

Fridays are a holiday, but on this day, visual arts exhibitions begin and visual artists, including painters, sculptors, photographers, illustrators, graphic artists, calligraphers, etc., present their recent efforts and activities in the form of an art exhibition.

"Adina" is the opening day of art exhibitions, and of course, due to the fact that most businesses are closed, it provides a great opportunity to view these works of art by different classes of people.

The call for the 19th Fajr Visualization Festival has been published/ changes have been made

Last week, the secretariat of the 19th Fajr Visual Arts Festival announced the call for works and holding the festival and the "Golden Tuba" competition section, based on which, the competition section titled "Golden Tuba" with 2 topics "Color" and "Iran Today", invited artists to send their works with these topics to the secretariat.

The special section "Art and Time" is held with the aim of introducing and presenting the latest artistic achievements of prominent figures of contemporary Iranian visual arts. Also, the "My Land" section deals with the works of artists in the provinces of the country with the "water theme" and the method of participation, presentation of works, schedule and awards of this section will be announced in the form of executive regulations to the general departments of culture and Islamic guidance of the provinces.

The fields of the festival are also drawing and painting, graphic design (poster, sign design), illustration, photography, calligraphy (nastaliq, broken nastaliq, naskh, thulth, calligraphy), cartoons and caricatures (thematic and face), sculpture, ceramics and artistic watercolors, new art media including; (layout, performance art and video art).

After several incarnations of Fajr in which Bahram Kalharnia was the general secretary, now in the 19th period, Seyed Abbas Mirhashmi was elected as the general secretary of this period of the festival. The choice of Mirhashmi promised that the not so favorable developments of the previous periods would change, including that the festival would return to its previous competitive state. With the announcement of the call, the competitive section returned to Fajr visual festival.

Also, Mehdi Shafiei, the artistic deputy of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, in the meeting of the festival's policy council, emphasized on several key points in the design and implementation of the 19th Fajr Visual Arts Festival, which have not yet been announced in detail.

"Ba Bismillah" is finished/ Rereading the artistic identity from Jalil Rasouli's point of view

The closing ceremony of the "Be Bismillah" exhibition was held on Friday, Mehr 17, 1405, with a meeting attended by a group of artists and calligraphy masters, including Sadaqat Jabari, Mohammad Ali Ghorbani, Ainuddin Sadeghzadeh, Bahram Hanafi, Mojtabi Sabzeh, Yadgar Khayam, Hossein Nowrozi, Jalil Rasouli, Kamran Kohestani, Mohammad Ghafouri Menesh and a group of other artists in this field at the cultural and artistic complex of Asman Farhangistan Art Academy. In this ceremony, the speakers pointed to Rasouli's position in contemporary Iranian art, and spoke about the characteristics of his works, his innovative experiences in calligraphy and calligraphy, and the impact of his activities on the development of this art.

This exhibition, which is a collection of the artist's recent works, emphasizes above all the link between calligraphy and painting and the effort to reach a new visual language.

In his speech at this ceremony, Jalil Rasouli emphasized the importance of "meaning" in art and said: Every work must arise from an internal and religious basis.

He considered "Be Bismillah" not only a title, but also a symbol of a new beginning in the search for divine beauty in the form of line and color.

In an important part of his speech, Rasouli criticized the imitative approaches in contemporary art and said: the artist should not only seek to reproduce existing models, but should seek to find a "personal signature" and originality in his work in order to be able to talk to the world.

He went on to examine the concept of "line painting" and explained: My attempt in these works was to cross the traditional borders of calligraphy and reach an abstract space in which letters are not only writing tools, but are considered form and color elements to create a spiritual space.

Rasouli also pointed to his lived experience in creating these works and said: For me, art is a kind of continuous search to discover the truth, and in this way, dealing with technical limitations and challenges has enriched my works.

In response to questions about the connection between art and faith, he clarified: Art should not be separated from its spiritual roots; Rather, it is the real art that can represent the deep concepts of existence in the form of modern and comprehensible forms for today's audience.

This veteran artist said about the process of creating the works in this exhibition: In many of these pieces, I have used improvisation and direct contact with color and line so that I can maintain the excitement and passion of the moment in the work so that it is far from the artificial and dry planned state.

The masters of the youth visual festival workshops were introduced

In the past week, it was announced that 36 artists were nominated as workshop instructors and judges in the workshops of the 33rd Iranian Youth Visual Arts Festival by the festival secretary. The 33rd Youth Visual Arts Festival will be held in Kermanshah from 23 to 30 Aban 1405.

When painting is tied with music and poetry

In the past week, the opening ceremony of the exhibition of works created in the art event "On the Line of Singing" was held in the Iran Calligraphy Museum with the presence of a group of painters, calligraphers and music artists.

The secretary of this artistic event said: In honor of Mohammad Reza Shajarian and Mohammad Reza Shafiei Kodkani, from Khorasan, whose birthday is in Mehr, at the same time as Mohammad Reza Shajarian's birthday, the artistic event of live performance "Bar Khat Awaz" will be held. A calligraphy performance of the poems of Mohammad Reza Shafiei Kodkani, read by Mohammad Reza Shajarian, was held, and Hossein Mahjoubi created a work in honor of this dear memory. along with other artists who were present at that event and this exhibition is the result of the works created by these artists that day.

In the continuation of this exhibition, Hossein Mahjoubi's work with the same theme was unveiled.

In a short speech, Hossein Mahjoubi recounted the memory of meeting Mohammad Reza Shajarian in previous years and said: I am very happy about your visit. I have drawn paintings in which I have focused on the historical and mythological origin of the Iranian people, such as "Iranvij", which, apart from Iran, India and China, are other countries in this historical geography in Asia. Therefore, I named it "Iranvij". In short, art in Iran has a long history, including the amazing art of calligraphy.

Poetry illustration exhibition at Khaneh Tehran

House of Union or Tehran, these days witness many cultural and artistic programs. Last week, the exhibition of the works selected for the illustration award "If you could see the sound" with the theme of illustrating the poems of Mohammad Reza Shafiei Kodkani, was opened in Khanah Tehran.

The illustration award "If you could see the sound" in cooperation with "Ainedar Duran" award and "Iranian Illustrators Association" started its work with the publication of the call in August of this year, and with the end of the submission period on the 1st of Mehr, after the initial judging and selection of the works, 63 works were received out of 510 works, and it has started its second phase by holding an exhibition in "Tehran House". Seyyed Abbas Doai is the event secretary of "Mirror of Doran" award, Kianoush Gharibpour is the event consultant and artistic director, and Kamal Tabatabai is the artistic secretary of the event.

"Nasr Line" with the presence of calligraphers told about victory and resistance

Last week, a one-day workshop "Nasr Line" was held with the participation of 50 calligraphy artists, with the aim of narrating the sublime meanings of victory and opening.

This event, which was a gathering of 50 calligraphers from all over Iran to depict the connection between art and the concepts of victory and resistance, inspired by the verses of Surah al-Nasr, is more than an artistic exercise, it is an artistic response to the daily need of the society to reread the concepts of victory and resistance.

In this workshop, artists tried to establish a link between the past, art and today's realities in the form of lasting roles with a different look at the verses of this surah. Also, Jalil Rasouli, a veteran artist of calligraphy and calligraphy, visited this workshop.

This workshop is the beginning of a path in which the artistic lines of calligraphers are displayed not only as exhibition works, but also to express concepts such as "resistance" and "victory" in the public space of society, so that the message of "Nasr Manallah" remains alive and dynamic in difficult circumstances.

Opening of art exhibitions in Adina

The exhibition "Creation of Nothingness" and "A Small Simple Deception" at Shirin Gallery, "Mana" Exhibition at Itcube Gallery, "After the Snow" Exhibition at Iranshahr Gallery, "Hidden Life" Exhibition at Artibishan Gallery, "Mahaq" Exhibition at In/Ja Gallery, "A Collection of Relative Identifications" Exhibition at Vali Gallery and "Zero Point" Exhibition at Dena Gallery are among the exhibitions that will be opened on Friday evening, October 24.