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

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

Creators Contemporary art

Isaak Yakovlevich Itkind (1871 - 1969)
Isaak Yakovlevich Itkind
1871 - 1969
Robert Lucander (1962)
Robert Lucander
1962
Gerhard Wittner (1926 - 1998)
Gerhard Wittner
1926 - 1998
Alfred Hrdlicka (1928 - 2009)
Alfred Hrdlicka
1928 - 2009
Katja Meirowsky (1920 - 2012)
Katja Meirowsky
1920 - 2012
Ellinor Piipuu (1913 - 2006)
Ellinor Piipuu
1913 - 2006
Alex Eagleton (1979)
Alex Eagleton
1979
Matanya Abramson (1920 - 2004)
Matanya Abramson
1920 - 2004
Philipp Messner (1975)
Philipp Messner
1975
Alexander Semyonovich Liberman (1912 - 1999)
Alexander Semyonovich Liberman
1912 - 1999
Arthur Horner (1916 - 1997)
Arthur Horner
1916 - 1997
Jacques Monory (1924 - 2018)
Jacques Monory
1924 - 2018
William Morris (1957)
William Morris
1957
Michael Glancy (1950 - 2020)
Michael Glancy
1950 - 2020
George Russell Drysdale (1912 - 1981)
George Russell Drysdale
1912 - 1981
Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen (1909 - 1957)
Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen
1909 - 1957
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