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

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

Creators Contemporary art

Jill Baroff (1954)
Jill Baroff
1954
Jorge Méndez Blake (1974)
Jorge Méndez Blake
1974
Maria Nordman (1943)
Maria Nordman
1943
Pilar Albarracín (1968)
Pilar Albarracín
1968
Ernest Tino Trova (1927 - 2009)
Ernest Tino Trova
1927 - 2009
Larry Bell (1939)
Larry Bell
1939
Fredrik Vaerslev (1979)
Fredrik Vaerslev
1979
Lionel Chevalier (1970)
Lionel Chevalier
1970
Lothar Bruckmeier (1927 - 2016)
Lothar Bruckmeier
1927 - 2016
Cheyney Thompson (1975)
Cheyney Thompson
1975
Karl Heinz Essig (1935 - 2021)
Karl Heinz Essig
1935 - 2021
Peter Hohberger (1939)
Peter Hohberger
1939
Yin Zhaoyang (1970)
Yin Zhaoyang
1970
Mikhail Shaevich Brusilovsky (1931 - 2016)
Mikhail Shaevich Brusilovsky
1931 - 2016
Makoto Saito (1952)
Makoto Saito
1952
Mike Kelley (1954 - 2012)
Mike Kelley
1954 - 2012