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

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

Creators Contemporary art

George Clair Tooker (1920 - 2011)
George Clair Tooker
1920 - 2011
Trakia Wendisch (1958)
Trakia Wendisch
1958
Tamás Lossonczy (1904 - 2009)
Tamás Lossonczy
1904 - 2009
William Seward Burroughs (1914 - 1997)
William Seward Burroughs
1914 - 1997
Christy Brown (1932 - 1981)
Christy Brown
1932 - 1981
Brigitte Matschinsky-Denninghoff (1921 - 2011)
Brigitte Matschinsky-Denninghoff
1921 - 2011
Sydney Ball (1933 - 2017)
Sydney Ball
1933 - 2017
Konstantin Alexeyevich Vasiliev (1942 - 1976)
Konstantin Alexeyevich Vasiliev
1942 - 1976
Jean-Claude Duteil (1950)
Jean-Claude Duteil
1950
Tamara Aleksandrovna Malushina (1927 - 2016)
Tamara Aleksandrovna Malushina
1927 - 2016
Nikolay Nikolayevich Volodimirov (1910 - 2006)
Nikolay Nikolayevich Volodimirov
1910 - 2006
Lothar Quinte (1923 - 2000)
Lothar Quinte
1923 - 2000
Adam Marczukiewicz (1958)
Adam Marczukiewicz
1958
Oleg Pavlovich Filatchev (1937 - 1997)
Oleg Pavlovich Filatchev
1937 - 1997
Yang Shanshen (1913 - 2004)
Yang Shanshen
1913 - 2004
Sadie Benning (1973)
Sadie Benning
1973