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

Creators Contemporary art

Joseph Sebastian Oberbauer (1853 - 1926)
Joseph Sebastian Oberbauer
1853 - 1926
El Lissitzky (1890 - 1941)
El Lissitzky
1890 - 1941
Georgy Vyacheslavovich Yakutovich (1930 - 2000)
Georgy Vyacheslavovich Yakutovich
1930 - 2000
Oleg Konstantinovich Komov (1932 - 1994)
Oleg Konstantinovich Komov
1932 - 1994
Stefan Wewerka (1928 - 2013)
Stefan Wewerka
1928 - 2013
Fernanda Fedi (1940)
Fernanda Fedi
1940
Judith Joy Ross (1946)
Judith Joy Ross
1946
Shirley Jaffe (1923 - 2016)
Shirley Jaffe
1923 - 2016
Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928 - 2021)
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
1928 - 2021
André Borderie (1923 - 1998)
André Borderie
1923 - 1998
Sam Durant (1961)
Sam Durant
1961
Colette Bitker (1929)
Colette Bitker
1929
James Blain Blunk (1926 - 2002)
James Blain Blunk
1926 - 2002
Franz Anatol Wyss (1940)
Franz Anatol Wyss
1940
Rolf (Emil Rudolf) Nesch (1893 - 1975)
Rolf (Emil Rudolf) Nesch
1893 - 1975
Kuno Gonschior (1933 - 2010)
Kuno Gonschior
1933 - 2010