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

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

Creators Contemporary art

Candido Fior (1942 - 2021)
Candido Fior
1942 - 2021
Klaus Zolondowski (1951)
Klaus Zolondowski
1951
Ad Dekkers (1938 - 1974)
Ad Dekkers
1938 - 1974
Neil Lawson Baker (1938 - 2022)
Neil Lawson Baker
1938 - 2022
Theodore Lukits (1897 - 1992)
Theodore Lukits
1897 - 1992
Roger Brown (1941 - 1997)
Roger Brown
1941 - 1997
Galina Iosifovna Sorkina (1948)
Galina Iosifovna Sorkina
1948
Robert Colescott (1925 - 2009)
Robert Colescott
1925 - 2009
Malcolm Morley (1931 - 2018)
Malcolm Morley
1931 - 2018
Sergey Yakovlevich Lagutin (1911 - 2012)
Sergey Yakovlevich Lagutin
1911 - 2012
Genesis Breyer (Neil) P-Orridge (Megson) (1950 - 2020)
Genesis Breyer (Neil) P-Orridge (Megson)
1950 - 2020
Maria Abramovna Zubreeva (1900 - 1991)
Maria Abramovna Zubreeva
1900 - 1991
Andrew Palmer (1979)
Andrew Palmer
1979
Catherine Tharp Altvater (1907 - 1984)
Catherine Tharp Altvater
1907 - 1984
Cai Guoqiang (1957)
Cai Guoqiang
1957
Michael Clegg (1957)
Michael Clegg
1957