Tehran, June 22, IRNA -- A sculpture city will be set up soon in Tehran to educate and organize programs for art students attracted to the field.
�According to the Iranian artist and sculptor Hossein Fakhimi, the city to be named ?Art City? will accommodate art students from elementary school to postgraduate levels.
�Art City is where thought, imagination as well as artistic and social needs will be created and produced,� Monday edition of the English-language newspaper Iran Daily quoted Fakhimi as saying.

Fakhimi said he presented the plan for the city prior to the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution; however, the executive works were delayed due to his own will.

�I think that now is the time for constructing the city to help educate the youth,� he said.

�It will also help revive domestic and international markets, providing grounds for introducing sculpture?s role in various handicrafts, architectural and urban atmospheres and creating jobs fro the youth.�

Fakhimi noted that arts and industry are interrelated. �When Iranians lost touch with arts, they became dependent on the West. Despite the fact that many of the western designs are rooted in oriental arts.

�For instance, wax casting is one of the ancient methods in sculpture that I learned in Spain. However, excavations in Shahr-e Sukhteh (the Burnt City) in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan proved that this method was current in Iran in the past centuries.�

The artist said that by constructing the city, a generation of Iranian artists will learn sculpture from scientific and practical aspects.

�We can hope that everything from urban furniture to our costumes will be inspired by genuine Iranian designs,� he said.

Fakhimi holds a PhD from Madrid Fine Arts Faculty. He is among the founders of the Iranian Organization of Scientific and Industrial Research.

By IRNA

 

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