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

Creators Contemporary art

Yervand Kochar (1899 - 1979)
Yervand Kochar
1899 - 1979
Oswaldo Vigas (1923 - 2014)
Oswaldo Vigas
1923 - 2014
Alice Bailly (1872 - 1938)
Alice Bailly
1872 - 1938
Javier Calleja (1971)
Javier Calleja
1971
José Toirac (1966)
José Toirac
1966
Alexei Ivanovich Vepkhvadze (1921 - 1982)
Alexei Ivanovich Vepkhvadze
1921 - 1982
Loet Vanderveen (1921 - 2015)
Loet Vanderveen
1921 - 2015
Roberto Lazzeroni (1950)
Roberto Lazzeroni
1950
Leon Golub (1922 - 2004)
Leon Golub
1922 - 2004
Titus Kaphar (1976)
Titus Kaphar
1976
Hans-Uwe Hähn (1955)
Hans-Uwe Hähn
1955
Peter Hoppe (1971)
Peter Hoppe
1971
Charlie Billingham (1984)
Charlie Billingham
1984
Calle Örnemark (1933 - 2015)
Calle Örnemark
1933 - 2015
Thilo Heinzmann (1969)
Thilo Heinzmann
1969
Aloys Wach (1892 - 1940)
Aloys Wach
1892 - 1940
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