Fourth Biennial of Contemporary Painting of the Islamic World

   The Fourth Biennial of Contemporary Painting of the Islamic World will be held from November 9th to December 11th, 2006 in order to promote communication and communion of minds between artists in view of highlighting the particularities of contemporary painting in the Islamic world (in Islamic countries and among Muslim communities in non Islamic countries).

  Sponsor: The Islamic Republic of Iran's Academy of Art
  Organizer: Saba International Cultural and Artistic Center

  Aims of the Biennial

- Promoting cultural relations and exchanges of contemporary artistic experiences among painters across the Islamic World;
- Appreciating the pictorial experiences of young painters in Islamic societies;
- Examining and emphasizing the fundaments of the spiritual identity of Islamic art in the works of contemporary artists in the Islamic world.

  Sections
- 'Oriental Vision' section;
- Free section.

  Works submission deadline: September 30th,  2006

  Exhibition date: November 9th - December 11th, 2006

  Admission rules
- Subject and technique will be free;
- Any artist will be allowed to enter a maximum of five works in each section;
- Pictures of the works should be sent as either 300 DPI digitized files of approximately 10 x 15 cm (TIF or JPEG format) on compact disc (CD), A4-size photographs or prints, or photographic slides;
- These pictures should be accompanied by a photograph of the artist, his or her personal specifications, and his or her works, titles, styles, dimensions and execution dates. This information should appear below the works;
- The works presented should be dated either 2005 or 2006;
- The works should not exceed 300 cm in their larger dimension or measure less than 50 cm in their smaller;

  Expedition and selection
- The pictures submitted will not be returned;
- Pictures of poor quality will not be reviewed;
- The artists whose works are selected will be invited to forward their originals to the secretariat of the exhibition in view of a final selection and their eventual participation in the exhibition;
- The Academy of Art will be entitled to publish the pictures submitted for publicity purposes.

  Secretary of the exhibition: Mehdi Hosseini

  Scientific council and selection group: Iraj Eskandari, Mohammad Ali Taraqqijah, Mehdi Hosseini, Habibollah Sadeqi, Mostafa Goudarzi.

   Jury
  Four Iranian and three non Iranian judges.

  Address of the Secretariat of the Biennial:
Saba Cultural and Artistic Center
No 53, Mozafar St, Taleqani Ave, Felestin Square, Tehran, Iran

Secretary of international affairs: Akram  Pouraki
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Phone: 66494508-11;
Fax: 66487534, 66494512

Entry Form

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