Iranian Culture Week in Ukraine

                   

The Ukrainian House changed its appearance for some days –it hosts the Iranian Culture Week that unites various kinds of artin it. Thus, the festival brought together the photo exhibition, the painting, calligraphy, traditional minting,enamels, leatherwork, silver carving and many others. The Persian carpets, light and thin, with an elaborate ornament are amazing. It was the carpets that fully reveal the striking particularity of the Iranian decorative applied art–they have big volume of colors and decorative elements and at the same time lack massivity.

 

There is not even a slight hint on the supersaturated luxury, quite the opposite,the beauty of the Iranian handicraft is in its moderateness, the ability to chose and combine the colors and ornaments in the proper way. The own exposition, by the way, has the same quality –on a rather small territory the organizers managed to represent very heterogeneous manifestations of an art that assembled into a single charming action. So beside the permanent exhibition as it was described above a variety of events takes place during the festival: traditional live music, "Iranian Rhythms", the Iranian films show, the Iranian national clothes show. The most exotic performance of the program is the traditional reading of the epic writings (a famous poem "Shahname" among the others) accompanied by music. The lectures on the Iranian culture, particularly on the theater history are held in a separate hall.

        

The folk craftsmen and artists will carry out workshops of calligraphy, painting and leatherwork for the ones who were inspired by the Iranian culture in the frames of the festival. Also one can buy some souvenirs (postcards, keyholders, jewelry,enamels, carpets etc) at the Iranian Culture Week.

Time: till November, 17. Place: Ukrainian House, 2 Kreschatik Str., Kiev, Ukraine.

information    source :  http://www.milliart.com/en/