3 Iranian artists heading to Armenia in August

IranMania, Iran
July 9 2006

LONDON, July 9 IranMania) – Three Iranian painters have been invited
to participate in the 5th Gyumri International Biennial of Contemporary
Art, which is scheduled to open in Armenia on August 8, ISNA reported.

Behrang Samadzadegan, Barbad Golshiri, and Rozita Sharafjahan will
leave Tehran for the northwestern Armenian city of Gyumri on August
2 to participate in a workshop which is slated to be held before the
beginning of the biennial.

The theme of this year’s biennial is "The Sea, Dreams, and Illusions".

The biennial was inaugurated in 1997 with the goal of helping to
restore Gyumri to its former status as the influential cultural city
it once was before the devastating earthquake of 1988.

Promoting cultural exchanges and dialogue between Armenia and the
international artistic community is one of the other primary goals
of the biennial.

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