2009-Persian Dreams: Group illustration Exhibition in Italy, Bologna

Director: Neda Azimi

Illustrators:
HamidReza Akram, Ali Amekan, Hassan Amekan, Neda Azimi, Raheleh Barkhordari, Negin Ehtesabian, Banafsheh Erfanian, Sahar Haghgu, Solmaz Joshghani, Sharareh Khosravani, Haleh Ladan, Farid Molai, Amir Nasaji, Karim Nasr, Pejman Rahimizadeh, Amir ShaabaniPour, Nayereh Taghavi, Shahab Tondar...

disegnidisogni Iranian children’s book illustrations



Exhibition room “Giulio Cavazza” - Quartiere Santo Stefano, via Santo Stefano 119, Bologna
21st-29th March 2009

Iranian contemporary children’s book illustrations through a rich exhibition of works

The city of Bologna hosts a significant artistic event that offers to the citizens the possibility to discover Iranian art through children’s book illustrations.

Dream is the fil rouge that guides the visitors through “Dreams drawings dreams”, a journey through more
than sixty illustrations by 23 Iranian artists: the exhibition should be a way to discover a different culture which strongly recalls to its own traditions, but at the same time shows a refined connection with occidental art and culture.

This exhibition displays different works realized with a variety of techniques. They all show different artistic visions and their own peculiar style, but they share the same will to research and experiment new solutions, to mix ancient and contemporary art, to play with tradition and innovation. And of course, they all show a great artistic value.
Some elements of connection with Iranian artistic tradition are visible in the illustrations: the frequent twodimensional characters and a certain lack of movement remind the ancient miniature paintings; nevertheless, at the same time these illustrations are strongly linked to contemporary worldwide artistic production. The use of color, together with all other materials that create the image, is peculiar and expert; composition and combinations are fresh and sometimes surprising.

Felicetta Ferraro, Director of the Italian Culture Institute in Tehran from 2000 to 2008, will open the Exhibition.
In 2008 Ferraro organized an Italian-Iranian workshop together with a group of Iranian illustrators. Outcome of the event is a book called “100 delicious Italian recipes with 100 Iranian artists drawings.

The exhibition is organized by the Library Amilcar Cabral and Serendipità Società Cooperativa, with the sponsorship of Quartiere Santo Stefano and the support of IBC Soprintendenza per i Beni Librari e Documentari Emilia-Romagna.

Catalogue
Serendipità Editrice

Every day from 10 to 13 and from 16 to 20
Tuesday and Thursday from 10 to 20
Admission: free

More info
http://www.serendipitaeditrice.it/

نمایشگاه تصویرگری رویاهای ایرانی حاصل تلاشی شخصی و رایزنی های فرهنگی- هنری از طرف ندا عظیمی است برای معرفی این هنر و نیز هنرمندان دوره های مختلف تصویرگری ایران، از آنان که کار کرده اند و حرفه ای شده اند تا آنان که کار می کنند و حرفه ای می شوند. در این نمایشگاه که از تاریخ 9 – 1 فروردین ماه در شهر بولونیا ایتالیا و همزمان با بزرگترین نمایشگاه بین المللی کتاب کودک جهان برپاست. بیش از 60 اثر از 25 هنرمند ایرانی به نمایش در می آید