Tehran to exhibit visual wall carpets

Tehran's Golestan gallery is set to exhibit a collection of wall carpets woven based on a book by Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli.

Visual Carpets displays 12 wall carpets based on the designs included in a book of the same name by the world-renowned Iranian sculptor Tanavoli.

All the designs date back to ancient times and the carpets have been woven by 12 craftsmen from Iran's northern cities, ISNA reported.

As Tanavoli says in the introduction to his book, visual carpets mostly depict human beings and animals instead of the traditional and common designs used in Persian carpets.

“The visualization movement in creating Persian carpets was one of the most exciting artistic movements in Iranian history,” he wrote.

The exhibition will run from March 12 to 18, 2010.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=120285§ionid=351020105.