The exhibition “Remembrance of Hz. Mevlana Dzelaludin Rumi” by prominent artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina will be opened today in the Preporod gallery in Sarajevo, in memory of the great philosopher, mystic, poet, Islamic scholar, theologian and Sufi teacher. The exhibition opens as part of the Shebi-Arus Event, which is dedicated to the 750th anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi.
The thirteenth exhibition dedicated to this giant of the human spirit and creativity, this year contains the works of 19 artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who will present themselves through calligraphy, sculpture, watercolor, oil and acrylic on canvas, and combined techniques.
“All the artists exhibiting at this exhibition were inspired by Mesnevia, by all means, and they all found either a part or some detail from his life and what he said through his messages, and his direct source was the Qur’an itself.”
The diversity and fusion of cultures and traditions found themselves together in works of art, joined by the line of mysticism and dreaming in the dance movement “Sema”, said sculptur Adis Lukac.
“I love that dance and more or less every year I make one in my collage system, style, from pieces of paper and other dervishes in the dance, so this year we have a work called Sema, that spiritual dance.”
Mevlana is considered one of the most important mystical poets of Islam, who wrote in the Persian language, and his works have been translated into world languages, explained artist Ilonka Jasak.
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī or simply Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran.
Rumi’s works were written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish, Arabic and Greek in his verse. His Masnavi (Mathnawi), composed in Konya, is considered one of the greatest poems of the Persian language. Rumi’s influence has transcended national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Kurds, Pashtuns, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Central Asian Muslims, as well as Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries
