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

Creators Contemporary art

Beate Kuhn (1927 - 2015)
Beate Kuhn
1927 - 2015
Jozsef Egri (1883 - 1951)
Jozsef Egri
1883 - 1951
Stephen Huneck (1948 - 2010)
Stephen Huneck
1948 - 2010
Irina Vasilievna Shevandronova (1928 - 1993)
Irina Vasilievna Shevandronova
1928 - 1993
Hiroyuki Doi (1946)
Hiroyuki Doi
1946
Levon Konstantinovich Lazarev (1928 - 2004)
Levon Konstantinovich Lazarev
1928 - 2004
Abdulnasser Gharem (1973)
Abdulnasser Gharem
1973
Tatiana Chirikova (1952)
Tatiana Chirikova
1952
Fabian Knecht (1980)
Fabian Knecht
1980
Ron Nagle (1939)
Ron Nagle
1939
Edward Delaney (1930 - 2009)
Edward Delaney
1930 - 2009
Alma del Banco (1862 - 1943)
Alma del Banco
1862 - 1943
Floyd Douglas (1982)
Floyd Douglas
1982
Lillian Bassman (1917 - 2012)
Lillian Bassman
1917 - 2012
Cécile Plaisance (1968)
Cécile Plaisance
1968
Peter Coffin (1972)
Peter Coffin
1972