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

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

Creators Contemporary art

Yoo Junghyun (1973)
Yoo Junghyun
1973
Nichole Velasquez (1986)
Nichole Velasquez
1986
Hans-Ulrich Buchwald (1925 - 2009)
Hans-Ulrich Buchwald
1925 - 2009
Gianni Bertini (1922 - 2010)
Gianni Bertini
1922 - 2010
Rinaldo Paluzzi (1927 - 2013)
Rinaldo Paluzzi
1927 - 2013
Syed Afsar Madad Naqvi (1933 - 1997)
Syed Afsar Madad Naqvi
1933 - 1997
Sara Berman (1975)
Sara Berman
1975
Larry Rivers (1923 - 2002)
Larry Rivers
1923 - 2002
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Batynkov (1959)
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Batynkov
1959
Gregor Hildebrandt (1974)
Gregor Hildebrandt
1974
Margit Balla (1947)
Margit Balla
1947
Idelle Lois Weber (1932 - 2020)
Idelle Lois Weber
1932 - 2020
Pina Sacconaghi (1906 - 1994)
Pina Sacconaghi
1906 - 1994
Thawan Duchanee (1939 - 2014)
Thawan Duchanee
1939 - 2014
Saverio Terruso (1939 - 2003)
Saverio Terruso
1939 - 2003
Viktor Borisovich Elkonin (1910 - 1994)
Viktor Borisovich Elkonin
1910 - 1994
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