Tehran – The work of nine Iranian illustrators has been selected as the 18th International Biennial Illustration Finalist, the finalist of the 53rd Belgrade Golden Penn Competition.
The Iranian work is one of 83 selected by the event’s ju-search, and will be exhibited in Belgrade in early November, Serbia reported.
Raha Amini, Salimeh Babakhan, Najla Mahdavi, Maryam Mahmoudi Moghadam, Hajar Moradi, Mahshid Raghemy, Shideh Sekhavati, Ghazal Fatollahi and Maral Forouzesh are Iranian illustrators recognized in the competition.
Raha Amini’s “Zal and Simurgh” is part of this year’s exhibition, and will be “Far and Close” and “Dream, Yalda Orange” children’s books written by Hadi Mohammadi and illustrated by Salimeh Babakhan.
Najla Mahdavi’s children’s book, The Sun in the Turkmen Sahra, and “Land of Dragon,” which wrote “The Land of Dragon,” written by Yousef Qoujaq and Maryam Mahmoudi Moghadam’s book, Everything Is Our Farm, and she wrote and illustrated the exhibition.
“Tiktak” is a finalist of the “Normal Day at Café” written by Mahshid Raghemi and depicted by Payam Ebrahimi and painted by Shideh Sekhavati, the “A Girl” event written by Shahrzad Shahrjerdy and painted by Ghazal Fatollahi and for “A Girl” by Marian forouzesh.
The Belgrade Golden Pen Competition is one of the world’s oldest and most important illustration and illustration events, with finalists having the opportunity to win the Main Golden Pen Award in the final judging.
In 1959, illustrators were not recognized in the art world as they are today. It took a lot of effort and dedication to be illustrators equally recognized as painters and sculptors.
The first European illustration exhibition that continues to this day was established with the clear intention of the Golden Pen of Belgrade. It is to provide illustrators with equal status with art artists and affirm their role in society.
Today, social media and personal websites are the best forms of presentations, and that raises the question: Is exhibitions still needed by artists?
Today’s exhibitions represent the necessary physical locations where like-minded people gather, and in the case of cultural content, it is an opportunity for visitors to experience the artwork in a physical space! The exhibition is also a reflection and continuity of a period of cultural events where respect is given to those who once invested in immeasurable efforts to ensure that illustrations are recognized as art as well as craft!
The golden pen of Belgrade still exists today, but it is hard to do thanks to the dedication of a passionate individual.
Photo: Illustration by Ghazal Fatollahi, the book “Mahour”
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