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

Creators Contemporary art

Albert Sous (1935)
Albert Sous
1935
Charles Jay Connick (1875 - 1945)
Charles Jay Connick
1875 - 1945
Pierre Alechinsky (1927)
Pierre Alechinsky
1927
Maki Hosokawa (1980)
Maki Hosokawa
1980
Carlos Sotomayor (1911 - 1988)
Carlos Sotomayor
1911 - 1988
Richard Oelze (1900 - 1980)
Richard Oelze
1900 - 1980
Hertha Spielberg (1890 - 1977)
Hertha Spielberg
1890 - 1977
Giorgio Griffa (1936)
Giorgio Griffa
1936
Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888 - 1970)
Marc-Aurèle Fortin
1888 - 1970
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908 - 2004)
Henri Cartier-Bresson
1908 - 2004
Leidy Churchman (1979)
Leidy Churchman
1979
Jin You (1979)
Jin You
1979
Rostislav Nikolaevich Barto (1902 - 1974)
Rostislav Nikolaevich Barto
1902 - 1974
 Corneille (1922 - 2010)
Corneille
1922 - 2010
Miriam Moiseevna Gamburd (1974)
Miriam Moiseevna Gamburd
1974
Aleksandr Dmitrievich Aref'ev (1931 - 1978)
Aleksandr Dmitrievich Aref'ev
1931 - 1978
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