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

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

Creators Contemporary art

Fikret Muallâ Saygı (1903 - 1967)
Fikret Muallâ Saygı
1903 - 1967
Ilya Sergeyevich Glazunov (1930 - 2017)
Ilya Sergeyevich Glazunov
1930 - 2017
Reinhold W. Timm (1931 - 2001)
Reinhold W. Timm
1931 - 2001
Stevan Knežević (1940 - 1995)
Stevan Knežević
1940 - 1995
Othmar Schimkowitz (1864 - 1947)
Othmar Schimkowitz
1864 - 1947
Gilles Bensimon (1944)
Gilles Bensimon
1944
Georgy Nikolaevich Karlov (1905 - 1991)
Georgy Nikolaevich Karlov
1905 - 1991
Wolfgang Martin Heckl (1958)
Wolfgang Martin Heckl
1958
Antone Könst (1987)
Antone Könst
1987
Ernst Rudolf (Rudi) Baerwind (1910 - 1982)
Ernst Rudolf (Rudi) Baerwind
1910 - 1982
Arnold Newman (1918 - 2006)
Arnold Newman
1918 - 2006
Katja Brinkmann (1964)
Katja Brinkmann
1964
Gil Batle (1962)
Gil Batle
1962
Johannes von Stumm (1959)
Johannes von Stumm
1959
Eduardo Afonso Viana (1881 - 1967)
Eduardo Afonso Viana
1881 - 1967
Aleksandr Evgenevich Iakovlev (1887 - 1938)
Aleksandr Evgenevich Iakovlev
1887 - 1938