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Iranian sculptors create works at Canadian symposium
TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) -- Iranian sculptors Mohammadreza Yazdi and Saeid Ahmadi created their huge sculptures at the Canadian Bergen Rocks Sculpture Symposium 2010 in July.
They attended the symposium with four other sculptors coming from Germany, Canada, Cuba, and Thailand chosen by founder Morton Burke out of 63 international applicants, Yazdi told the Persian service of MNA on Sunday.
The winning submissions were chosen on the basis of diversity and family-friendly subject matter, Burke had remarked.
“I made the 1.5m high marble sculpture and was inspired by ancient Persian goats and earthenware from Susa,” Yazdi said.
The festival is entirely funded by Burke, who buys all the raw materials needed by the artists with the hope of recovering some of his outlays if one of the sculptures is sold.
Burke had remarked that some of the 15 heavy statues created since the festival’s inception in 2008 have sparked buyer interest, but to date none have been purchased.
If a statue is sold and moved off the grounds, his idea is to invite six sculptors next year to maintain the inventory at the sculpture park on his property, which he believes could be turned into a tourist attraction.
They attended the symposium with four other sculptors coming from Germany, Canada, Cuba, and Thailand chosen by founder Morton Burke out of 63 international applicants, Yazdi told the Persian service of MNA on Sunday.
The winning submissions were chosen on the basis of diversity and family-friendly subject matter, Burke had remarked.
“I made the 1.5m high marble sculpture and was inspired by ancient Persian goats and earthenware from Susa,” Yazdi said.
The festival is entirely funded by Burke, who buys all the raw materials needed by the artists with the hope of recovering some of his outlays if one of the sculptures is sold.
Burke had remarked that some of the 15 heavy statues created since the festival’s inception in 2008 have sparked buyer interest, but to date none have been purchased.
If a statue is sold and moved off the grounds, his idea is to invite six sculptors next year to maintain the inventory at the sculpture park on his property, which he believes could be turned into a tourist attraction.
