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PERSIANDIARYIranianArtistsattheCastigliainSaluzzo
curatedbyVahidMalek
20May–10June,2018InaugurationSaturday19May,2018,11am
PersianDiary is the title of an event thatwill see theCastiglia in Saluzzo serve as themeetingpoint for twoancientcivilisationsthathavealways foundaperfect formofculturalexchange indialogueandcollaboration.Itisanexhibitionthatcapturesthemagicofanancientcivilisation–onethatleadsthevisitorsonafascinatingjourneythroughthememory,historyandtraditionsofIran,stretchingallthewaytothepresentmoment.At11amonSaturday,19thofMay,sevenIraniancontemporaryartistswillbetheleadinglightsofatripintoartandhistory.Theexhibitionformspartoftheprogrammefortheneweditionofstart–StoriaArteaSaluzzo(HistoryandArtinSaluzzo),asuccessful,wide-ranging,month-longinitiativethat,withitsvariousevents, isbringingtolifeeveryenchantingcornerofwhatisoneofthetenmostbeautifultownsinItaly.AsIGAVPresident,RosalbaGaruzzo,explains:“ThisisanimportanteventfortheIstitutoGaruzzo,whichhasalwaysbelievedinSaluzzo,siteofourPermanentCollectionandExhibition.Itisallverymuch in the same spirit that has always infusedourprojects,whichhave cultural diplomacy astheirbasicobjective”.Together with the Tehran Art Center, the Turin-based Istituto Garuzzo per le Arti Visive , inpartnershipwiththeCityofSaluzzo,isexhibitingtwenty-oneworksbysevenIranianartistsonthefirstflooroftheCastiglia.ArtistsFiroozeh Akhlaghi, Mohamad Hadi Fadavi, Shahram Karimi, Alireza Karimpour, AlirezaSaadatmand,SaharSalehi,AmirBakhtiarSanjabi.PersianDiarycuratedbyVahidMalekIGAVPermanentCollectionandExhibition,CastigliadiSaluzzo20May-10June,2018Inauguration:11am,Saturday,19May,2018Opening times:Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10am–1pmand2pm–6pm; Sunday andpublicholidays,10am–1pmand2pm–7pm
Information:
IATSaluzzoTouristOfficePiazzaRisorgimento1,Saluzzo(Cuneo)Tel.+39017546710Email:[email protected];[email protected]:www.saluzzoturistica.itIstitutoGaruzzoperleArtiVisiveTel.+390118124456info@igav-art.orgwww.igav-art.org
IstitutoGaruzzoperleArtiVisive-PressOfficeTizianaBuccico,Cell.+393396317019tbuccico@gmail.comProjectstagedwiththecontributionof
PermanentCollectionandExhibitionoftheIstitutoGaruzzoperleArtiVisive–IGAV
ThePermanentCollectionandExhibitionofthe IstitutoGaruzzoper leArtiVisiveopenedtothepublic in the autumn of 2009. They are located within the 19th-century wing of the Castiglia,which is provided on a loan-for-use basis by Saluzzo Local Council by means of a multi-yearagreement.Inside, the building plays host to works by accomplished artists who have already garnered anationalandinternationalreputation,alongsideworksbyyoung,emergingnames.Offering a continually updated visionof the latest artistic tendencies in Italy, the collectionhasovertheyearsservedasthevenuefortheexhibitingofaround100worksbyatotalofmorethan90artists.Since2012,ithasbeenpartofthenationwide“IluoghidelContemporaneo”networkestablishedby the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activitiesand Tourism, as a vehicle for thedisseminationandfruitionofcontemporaryartinItaly.
