Shima Kaboli, the daughter of master Yadollah Kaboli (founder of the shekasteh calligraphy) has worked on this new style that combines calligraphy work with clay.
Some of the tableaus on display at Iran’s cultural attaché office in Paris bear beautiful lines surrounded with pieces of clay and old decorated tiles.
Shima Kaboli has studied graphic design at university and is a graduate of the Society of Iranian Calligraphers.
“I have always liked finding new approachs to calligraphy works. There was a style of calligraphy-painting in recent years, but I was searching after a new method,” she told the Persian service of IRNA.
She finally found clay, which as she calls the oldest decorative material used by man and has an ancient, rich and beautiful concept.
Kaboli, who learned the art of calligraphy from his father, also believes that this art can also flourish in various areas such as architecture, graphics, decoration, costume and stage design.
She has so far held several group and solo exhibits, all of which is part of a program organized by Iran’s cultural attaché office in Paris that is celebrating the Iranian New Year via the festival Printemps Iranien 2009 (Iranian Spring 2009) from March 20 to June 20.
The festival contains different sections concerning Iranian cinema, music and Iran’s photography, painting, miniature and calligraphy.
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