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

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
Abd al-Samad (1500 - 1593)
Abd al-Samad
1500 - 1593
Manoucher Yektai (1921 - 2019)
Manoucher Yektai
1921 - 2019
Avish Khebrehzadeh (1969)
Avish Khebrehzadeh
1969
Marcos Grigorian (1925 - 2007)
Marcos Grigorian
1925 - 2007
Wahed Khakdan (1950)
Wahed Khakdan
1950
Akop Mkrtumovich Ovnatanyan (1806 - 1881)
Akop Mkrtumovich Ovnatanyan
1806 - 1881
Azra Aghighi Bakhshayeshi (1968)
Azra Aghighi Bakhshayeshi
1968

Creators Contemporary art

Josef Váchal (1884 - 1969)
Josef Váchal
1884 - 1969
Sigvard Bernadotte (1907 - 2002)
Sigvard Bernadotte
1907 - 2002
Yair Martin Guttmann (1957)
Yair Martin Guttmann
1957
Mercedes Jelinek (1985)
Mercedes Jelinek
1985
Fritz Fleer (1921 - 1997)
Fritz Fleer
1921 - 1997
Richard Winther (1926 - 2007)
Richard Winther
1926 - 2007
Richard John Haas (1936)
Richard John Haas
1936
Paul Camenisch (1893 - 1970)
Paul Camenisch
1893 - 1970
Les Levine (1935)
Les Levine
1935
Vladislav Isaakovich Ratner (1925 - 2002)
Vladislav Isaakovich Ratner
1925 - 2002
Alan Reynolds (1926 - 2014)
Alan Reynolds
1926 - 2014
Joe Stefanelli (1921 - 2017)
Joe Stefanelli
1921 - 2017
El Anatsui (1944)
El Anatsui
1944
Attila Kovács (1938 - 2017)
Attila Kovács
1938 - 2017
Gust Romijn (1922 - 2010)
Gust Romijn
1922 - 2010
Rudolf Mirer (1937)
Rudolf Mirer
1937
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