Farhad Moshiri (1963) - photo 1

Farhad Moshiri

Farhad Moshiri is an Iranian artist currently based in Tehran. His art work is rooted in Pop art dialect with a subtle, subversive socio-political commentary. Moshiri studied fine arts at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California, in the 1980s, where he first started experimenting with installations, video art and painting. He subsequently became well known for his ironic interpretations of hybrids between traditional Iranian forms and those of the consumerist and globalized popular culture widespread in his country. In the early 2000s, Moshiri was most readily associated with his paintings of jars, which are decorated with traditional Iranian sayings and poetic verse, written in Persian calligraphy. These monumental containers have been described as receptacles of life, memory and desire, and reflect his fascination with archaeology. His painted jars, which form a trademark of his production, look like three-dimensional objects, bursting with popular foods, drinks and desserts, with popular scripts elegantly written on their body. Moshiri is also interested in the repetition of numbers and letters in scripts for their intrinsic beauty as opposed to any literal meaning or sense they might hold.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:1963, Shiraz, Iran
Nationality:Iran
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:Landscape painting, Portrait, Still life, Инсталляция
Art style:Contemporary art, Pop Art
Technique:Acrylic, Acrylic on canvas, Oil

Creators Iran

Marcos Grigorian (1925 - 2007)
Marcos Grigorian
1925 - 2007
Azra Aghighi Bakhshayeshi (1968)
Azra Aghighi Bakhshayeshi
1968
Shirin Neshat (1957)
Shirin Neshat
1957
Karl Momen (1934)
Karl Momen
1934
Abd al-Samad (1500 - 1593)
Abd al-Samad
1500 - 1593
Akop Mkrtumovich Ovnatanyan (1806 - 1881)
Akop Mkrtumovich Ovnatanyan
1806 - 1881
Y. Z. Kami (1956)
Y. Z. Kami
1956
Bahman Mohassess (1931 - 2010)
Bahman Mohassess
1931 - 2010
Wahed Khakdan (1950)
Wahed Khakdan
1950
Manoucher Yektai (1921 - 2019)
Manoucher Yektai
1921 - 2019
Avish Khebrehzadeh (1969)
Avish Khebrehzadeh
1969

Creators Contemporary art

Marlen Pavlovich Shpindler (1931 - 2003)
Marlen Pavlovich Shpindler
1931 - 2003
Mon Levinson (1926 - 2014)
Mon Levinson
1926 - 2014
Jeff Keen (1923 - 2012)
Jeff Keen
1923 - 2012
Vanessa Bell (1879 - 1961)
Vanessa Bell
1879 - 1961
Antony Gormley (1950)
Antony Gormley
1950
Alfred Wertheimer (1929 - 2014)
Alfred Wertheimer
1929 - 2014
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Julius Podlipny
1898 - 1991
Adham Ibrahim (1934)
Adham Ibrahim
1934
Margo Weber-Junod (1908 - 1997)
Margo Weber-Junod
1908 - 1997
James Belton Bonsall (1926 - 1999)
James Belton Bonsall
1926 - 1999
Bong-Chae Son (1967)
Bong-Chae Son
1967
David James Gilhooly (III) (1943 - 2013)
David James Gilhooly (III)
1943 - 2013
Vilmos-Jozsef Istvanovich Berets (1915 - 1999)
Vilmos-Jozsef Istvanovich Berets
1915 - 1999
Almir Mavignier (1925 - 2018)
Almir Mavignier
1925 - 2018
Jean Paul Brusset (1909 - 1985)
Jean Paul Brusset
1909 - 1985
Victor Ashotovich Abramyan (1938 - 2008)
Victor Ashotovich Abramyan
1938 - 2008