TEHRAN-The 11th Islamic Revolution Art Week opened on Wednesday throughout a ceremony with the existence of cultural officials and artists at the holy shrine of Imam Khomeini (RA) and the tomb of martyr Morteza Avini.During the event, a musical group performed, flowers were laid at the tomb of martyr Avini, and a picture of the martyr was unveiled.Seyyed Ali Mirfattah, the creator of the portrait of martyr Avini, revealed at the occasion: If this work and portrait have any blessing or virtue, it is because of the well-regarded name of Avini, who really holds a rightful location in our hearts.He further mentioned, I planned to start a series of pictures called Wall of Faith, imagining to illustrate the faces of all those who have rights over me and to whom I owe a financial obligation, especially those from the contemporary period whose faces we know.
I planned to develop a collection and hold an exhibit under this title.
Each time I prepared a list of names, Morteza Avinis name was at the top.We are deeply indebted to and grateful for all martyrs, but martyr Morteza Avini has played a particularly considerable function in the ideas, work, and lives of many of us, he mentioned.Following the unveiling of martyr Avinis picture, Mostafa Mohaddesi Khorasani, a prominent poet of the Islamic Revolution, recited a ghazal he composed on the day of Seyyed Morteza Avinis martyrdom for the audience.As part of the opening event, a great deal of cultural authorities and artists from the Art Bureau gathered at the holy shrine of Imam Khomeini (RA) to restore their dedication to the perfects of the Imam and the Revolution.The art week is organized by the Art Bureau of the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization every year to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of documentarian Morteza Avini.Art exhibits and workshops, and theatrical musical performances are being organized during this week.Avini was martyred by a landmine in 1993 during his last journey to the former Iran-Iraq war zone in southwestern Iran while making the documentary A City in the Sky about the fall of Khorramshahr and the liberation of the southwestern Iranian city throughout the Iran-Iraq war.He ended up being well-known for The Narration of Triumph and was called the master of martyred authors by his colleagues and war veterans due to the impassioned narrations he wrote for his documentaries.Avini has been honored by numerous Iranian characters and companies on various occasions.Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei participated in his funeral procession that started on Tehrans Qarani Street at the Revayate Fath (Narration of Triumph) Cultural Institute, which was developed by the Leaders order in 1991 to produce films on the Sacred Defense.
The Cinma Vrit festival, Iran's significant international event for documentary films, also honors films on the war and resistance every year with Avini Awards in an unique section.SAB/.
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