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
Art style:Pop Art, Contemporary art
Technique:Acrylic, Acrylic on canvas, Oil

Creators Iran

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

Creators Contemporary art

Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957 - 1996)
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
1957 - 1996
Robert Graham (1938 - 2008)
Robert Graham
1938 - 2008
Eduardo Afonso Viana (1881 - 1967)
Eduardo Afonso Viana
1881 - 1967
Kurt Sohns (1907 - 1990)
Kurt Sohns
1907 - 1990
Jun Hasegawa (1969)
Jun Hasegawa
1969
Artie Vierkant (1986)
Artie Vierkant
1986
Jonas Burgert (1969)
Jonas Burgert
1969
Fritz Kohlstädt (1921 - 2000)
Fritz Kohlstädt
1921 - 2000
Paul Jenkins (1923 - 2012)
Paul Jenkins
1923 - 2012
Nathanaëlle Herbelin (1989)
Nathanaëlle Herbelin
1989
Ramón Alva de la Canal (1892 - 1985)
Ramón Alva de la Canal
1892 - 1985
Yang Yanwen (1939 - 2019)
Yang Yanwen
1939 - 2019
Erick Calderon (1981)
Erick Calderon
1981
Bernd Jansen (1945)
Bernd Jansen
1945
Burton Silverman (1928)
Burton Silverman
1928
Susanne Paesler (1963 - 2006)
Susanne Paesler
1963 - 2006
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