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

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

Creators Contemporary art

Bruno Munari (1907 - 1998)
Bruno Munari
1907 - 1998
Pyotr Filippovich Alberti (1913 - 1994)
Pyotr Filippovich Alberti
1913 - 1994
Michael Buthe (1944 - 1994)
Michael Buthe
1944 - 1994
Tano Festa (1938 - 1988)
Tano Festa
1938 - 1988
Euwit Nyanhongo (1973)
Euwit Nyanhongo
1973
Hans Grundig (1901 - 1958)
Hans Grundig
1901 - 1958
Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894 - 1986)
Jacques Henri Lartigue
1894 - 1986
Niels-Olaf Hübner (1984)
Niels-Olaf Hübner
1984
Rudolf Walter Mumprecht (1918 - 2019)
Rudolf Walter Mumprecht
1918 - 2019
Hannah Tilson (1995)
Hannah Tilson
1995
Dmitry Vladimirovich Khodyrev (1912 - 1986)
Dmitry Vladimirovich Khodyrev
1912 - 1986
Andy Goldsworthy (1956)
Andy Goldsworthy
1956
Fabio Rogério Innecco (1936)
Fabio Rogério Innecco
1936
Robert Schad (1953)
Robert Schad
1953
Ivan Alekseevich Vepkhvadze (1949 - 2016)
Ivan Alekseevich Vepkhvadze
1949 - 2016
August Agatz (1904 - 1945)
August Agatz
1904 - 1945
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