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

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

Creators Contemporary art

Aleksandr Savvich Brodsky (1955)
Aleksandr Savvich Brodsky
1955
Jennifer Guidi (1972)
Jennifer Guidi
1972
Konstantin Viktorovich Zvezdochetov (1958)
Konstantin Viktorovich Zvezdochetov
1958
Saleh al-Jumai'e (1939)
Saleh al-Jumai'e
1939
Clifford Owens (1971)
Clifford Owens
1971
Markus and Reto Huber (1975)
Markus and Reto Huber
1975
Yair Martin Guttmann (1957)
Yair Martin Guttmann
1957
Orville Bulman (1904 - 1978)
Orville Bulman
1904 - 1978
Yuri Vasilievich Balanovsky (1914 - 1984)
Yuri Vasilievich Balanovsky
1914 - 1984
Öyvind Fahlström (1928 - 1976)
Öyvind Fahlström
1928 - 1976
Yuvenaly Dmitrievich Korovin (1914 - 1991)
Yuvenaly Dmitrievich Korovin
1914 - 1991
Normunds Braslins (1962)
Normunds Braslins
1962
Sarah Schumann (1933 - 2019)
Sarah Schumann
1933 - 2019
Heinz Zander (1939 - 2024)
Heinz Zander
1939 - 2024
Édith Piaf (1915 - 1963)
Édith Piaf
1915 - 1963
Luciano Gaspari (1913 - 2007)
Luciano Gaspari
1913 - 2007
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