A Discussion about the aesthetics of Textile Art

In line with the "Woven and Non-Woven" show, a discussion session on the aesthetics of textile art with the presence of: Iman Afsarian: Painter, researcher and managing director of the artist magazine Faroogh Mazloomi: Art critic in the press Simin Quds Tainet: Clothing Designer Saba Manouchehri: Metallurgist and master of Fine Arts Moslem Khazri: Painter and one of the editors of the artist magazine Abbas Golkar: Dyer Artist Alireza Ghafarian: Traditional Weaver Farnaz Abutalebi: Fabric Researcher Sasan Rezapourian: Architect and Restorer Ali Vafaei: Visual Artist Elahe Abdi: Clothing Designer And it was held with the welcome of a group of young people interested in art.

The topics of the meeting went like this: the constant confrontation of technique and art. Investigating the unique potential of textile art in Kashan. Emphasis on the contemporary art of fabric and fibers on de-utilization of fabric. Honoring local and rural artists and producers. Why should Iran's authentic and noble traditional weaves try to get more credit in a wrong stream to get the ART title? The answer to this question was sought in the currents governing the finances of galleries and auctions. And at the end, comparing the variety and color palette in Mr. Golkar's dyeing with Delacroix's palette was one of the original and exciting topics of the meeting.