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

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

Creators Contemporary art

Ernesto Treccani (1920 - 2009)
Ernesto Treccani
1920 - 2009
Stojan Batič (1925 - 2015)
Stojan Batič
1925 - 2015
Alexander Mikhailovich Kishchenko (1933 - 1997)
Alexander Mikhailovich Kishchenko
1933 - 1997
Vincent Vodzinovsky (1866 - 1940)
Vincent Vodzinovsky
1866 - 1940
Ruben Artyomovich Varshamov (1936 - 2000)
Ruben Artyomovich Varshamov
1936 - 2000
Roger Ackling (1947 - 2014)
Roger Ackling
1947 - 2014
Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury (1899 - 1975)
Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury
1899 - 1975
Stanislav Libenský (1921 - 2002)
Stanislav Libenský
1921 - 2002
Mikhail Arkadyevich Suzdaltsev (1917 - 1998)
Mikhail Arkadyevich Suzdaltsev
1917 - 1998
Stephan Schmidlin (1963)
Stephan Schmidlin
1963
Issa Abasovich Barkhanoev (1949 - 2002)
Issa Abasovich Barkhanoev
1949 - 2002
Harold Cohen (1928 - 2016)
Harold Cohen
1928 - 2016
Roberto Aizenberg (1928 - 1996)
Roberto Aizenberg
1928 - 1996
Kim Nikolaevich Britov (1925 - 2010)
Kim Nikolaevich Britov
1925 - 2010
Ursula Mattheuer-Neustädt (1926 - 2021)
Ursula Mattheuer-Neustädt
1926 - 2021
Petr Miturich (1887 - 1956)
Petr Miturich
1887 - 1956
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