Kianoush's arts and activities

Photo by: Kianoush after one year, I think I can talk with you! but I prefer to talk to you in English, like many nights before that I talked with your big beautiful nose "la tour Eiffel" while coming back from the Long Hop by feet! now I will tell how many layers you have. Yes, you are a multilayer city. let's talk about your layers from above! your sky is amazing. since spring till November, you start creating your magic art with clouds, sunlight and the sky. each sunset is different from the other. your sky is the "moodiest" ever in the World... when the sunset ends, the big nose is being transformed to a great lighthouse with turning lights, and I feel myself as a crazy captain surrounded by the rocks! when I am walking in your streets, the only name that I can remember is "Haussmann". and a crazy story of "destroying and rebuilding"... watching normally, there are a lot of cafe beside the streets, a lot of people sitt...

Today's first page cartoon of "Le Monde" newspaper in France, 21th December 2010 is about Jafar Panahi, one of the most respected and famous Iranian film maker. Jean Plantu drew his cartoon about this Iranian artist to show his support of him. It is one of the most renowned filmmakers of the " new wave " of Iran . The director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years in prison , his lawyer said . Iran's judiciary banned him also to make films or leave the country during the next 20 years . The Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic guidance is accused of " plotting against the regime a film on the post-election events " , that is to say about the events that followed the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad In June 2009. Jean Plantu is the founder and president of "Cartooning for Peace" International cartooning organization based in Paris. his cartoons in being publi...

Co-operating with the ECPM (Ensemble Contre la Pain de Mort), Kianoush is presenting the situation of the death penalty in Iran and talking with the students of high schools to motivate them to be the abolitionists. Kianoush also expalins about the theme and the elements of his "anti-death penalty" cartoons and discusses with them in a Q&A debate.

Photo by: Michael Urell there are a lot of nights that I passed till morning. but last night was one of my special and strange one, because I spent it among my unique and nice classmates. it was very hard for me to smile, drink, dance and talk together with them while thinking that it maybe the last time... although I started this course for learning French language, but now I have been taught much lessons. the most important lesson for me is the same fact that "Saadi" the great Iranian poet told more than 700 years ago: " The children of humanity are each others limbs that shares an origin in their creator" it is exactly the same sentence that is located on united nations. I learnt one more time that life is very short and I have to say goodbye.I am sure the time that I passed with my professor and friends, will bring me a lot of inspirations to create a lot of impressive caricatures, presentations and activities. special thanks to my professor...

Marco Nassivera Arte reportage chief editor and Cécile Allegra director of a documentary on the earthquake in Haiti. Press club of Strasbourg in France, exhibited some cartoons of Kianoush since 18th November 2010. this exhibition will be continued till 15th December 2010. "the House of Journalists" of France is the co-organizer of this exhibition

JE L'ADMIRE: I admire him