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

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

Creators Contemporary art

Kim En Joong (1940)
Kim En Joong
1940
Alexander Alekseevich Efimov (1905 - 1964)
Alexander Alekseevich Efimov
1905 - 1964
Andreas Golder (1979)
Andreas Golder
1979
Joash Woodrow (1927 - 2006)
Joash Woodrow
1927 - 2006
Yang Yanping (1934)
Yang Yanping
1934
Sergio Conti (1927 - 2001)
Sergio Conti
1927 - 2001
Erik Vladimirovich Bulatov (1933)
Erik Vladimirovich Bulatov
1933
Rodney Graham (1949 - 2022)
Rodney Graham
1949 - 2022
Antonio Bernie (1905 - 1981)
Antonio Bernie
1905 - 1981
Lu Junzhou (1974)
Lu Junzhou
1974
Heribert C. Ottersbach (1960)
Heribert C. Ottersbach
1960
Minas Karapetovich Avetisyan (1928 - 1975)
Minas Karapetovich Avetisyan
1928 - 1975
Nyoman Masriadi (1973)
Nyoman Masriadi
1973
Hans Haacke (1936)
Hans Haacke
1936
Ai Weiwei (1957)
Ai Weiwei
1957
Hans Rudolf Giger (1940 - 2014)
Hans Rudolf Giger
1940 - 2014
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