An exhibition of 20 artists will open in the Welsh parliament in the coming days.
The exhibition “What a Scenery” will open on Saturday in tribute to the Kurdish poet Goran, with the participation of 20 artists. The event will continue until May 18.
Alan Nazhad, the organizer of the exhibition, told Channel8 the name of the exhibition comes from Goran’s poetry.
He said the exhibition will open in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, which like Kurdistan has struggled for years to preserve and revive its language and culture, having been oppressed.
Nazhad said the 20 Kurdish artists participating in the events come from many parts of the world, including the Kurdistan Region, Europe, Denmark, Austria, the UK, Canada, and the United States. He also stated there were no non-Kurdish artists participating, but in the future, they intend to hold a new project with an equal number of Kurdish and non-Kurdish artists.
Nazhad, who is organizing the exhibition with Mariwan Jalal, said they have been planning the exhibition for two years and that it is a great achievement.
He added, the project has been embraced within the Welsh parliament, and it took two years for the exhibition to open.
He noted he chose the poet Goran because of influence from his father, who introduced him to the poet’s songs.
“They were friends and contemporaries and he passed it on to us. This made me very interested in art, especially music,” he said.
“I decided to create this project, we started with a music and song project with the help of Arsalan Kamkar,” Nazhad stated. “From there, the idea of creating a visual project came up so that artists could be inspired by Goran’s poems. Fortunately, this was successful.”
He said they hoped to take the entire project to other European countries.
“We have started with that hope and this is the first step, because this project is entirely national and dedicated to the success of Kurdish art, whether it is music painting, or photography, so that (other non-Kurdish) audiences can be exposed to Kurdish art in all other fields,” he said.
