TEHRAN – A poster exhibition, which is scheduled to open in Tehran on Friday, will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment”.

The posters have previously been showcased during the Golden Bee Global Biennale of Graphic Design at the Central House of Artists in Moscow from October 4 to 9, the Vije School of Visual Communication, which is the main organizer of the weeklong exhibition, announced in a press release on Tuesday.   

The Golden Bee biennale also organized the black-and-white poster exhibition to mark the 150th anniversary of the novel and Dostoyevsky’s other writings.

The organizers said, “The challenge between the wishes and the truth is the main subject of the novel… however, we should not diminish the value of the novel as a mere subject.”

“There are few foreign writers like Dostoyevsky whose whole works have been published in Persian. Perhaps, the appeal for Dostoyevsky’s works among the Persian readers has its roots in Dostoyevsky’s outlook towards people who are in conflict with modernism.”         

Art experts Gholam-Hossein Motamedi and Abtin Golkar will deliver speeches during the opening ceremony of the exhibit.

The school is can be found at No. 19, 3rd St. off Shahid Arab-Ali St.

Photo: Poster by Belarussian artist Jouri Toreev won the top prize at the Golden Bee Awards in the Crime and Punishment category.
 
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