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

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

Creators Contemporary art

Thorsten Passfeld (1975)
Thorsten Passfeld
1975
Issa Abasovich Barkhanoev (1949 - 2002)
Issa Abasovich Barkhanoev
1949 - 2002
Jo Enzweiler (1934)
Jo Enzweiler
1934
Maik Wolf (1964)
Maik Wolf
1964
Edmund de Waal (1964)
Edmund de Waal
1964
Rüdiger Knott (1944 - 2018)
Rüdiger Knott
1944 - 2018
Otto Flath (1906 - 1987)
Otto Flath
1906 - 1987
Leonid Vasilievich Ptitsyn (1929 - 2017)
Leonid Vasilievich Ptitsyn
1929 - 2017
Stephen Huneck (1948 - 2010)
Stephen Huneck
1948 - 2010
Yinka Shonibare (1962)
Yinka Shonibare
1962
Sergey Yevgenievich Sviatchenko (1952)
Sergey Yevgenievich Sviatchenko
1952
Carmen Calvo (1950)
Carmen Calvo
1950
John Erhart Kashdan (1917 - 2001)
John Erhart Kashdan
1917 - 2001
Svetoslav Nikolaevich Roerich (1904 - 1993)
Svetoslav Nikolaevich Roerich
1904 - 1993
 MP & MP Rosado (1971)
MP & MP Rosado
1971
Adrian Ghenie (1977)
Adrian Ghenie
1977
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