Iranian artist working on silicon statues of national heroes

TEHRAN,Nov.27(MNA) -- Iranian artist Alireza Khaqani is currently working on a series of life-sized silicon statues of national heroes. He plans to display the collection in a permanent exhibition at Tehran’s Milad Tower, as he told the Persian service of MNA on Tuesday. Amir Kabir (1807-1852), the chief minister of the Qajar king Nasser ad-Din Shah, Ali Shariati (1933-1977), an Iranian revolutionary and scholar, and Mohammad Mosaddeq, the prime minister of Iran from 1951 until 1953, are among the figures. Khaqani’s collection comprised of statues of a number of contemporary Iranian luminaries was showcased in an exhibition at the Iranian Artists Forum in summer. This collection will also be displayed in the paramagnet show at Milad Tower. Both collections, which have been purchased by the officials of Milad Tower, will be transferred to the permanent exhibition that will open on December 10. Khaqani, who has long worked on making silicon prostheses, says that he has found silicon to be a material which can be made to have a texture similar to the human skin.