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

Creators Contemporary art

Ashley Bickerton (1959)
Ashley Bickerton
1959
Zofya Piramovich (1880 - 1958)
Zofya Piramovich
1880 - 1958
Jonathan De Pas (1932 - 1991)
Jonathan De Pas
1932 - 1991
John Buckley (1945)
John Buckley
1945
Velasco Vitali (1960)
Velasco Vitali
1960
Steve McCurry (1950)
Steve McCurry
1950
Vasily Ivanovich Agibalov (1913 - 2002)
Vasily Ivanovich Agibalov
1913 - 2002
Giotto Stoppino (1926 - 2011)
Giotto Stoppino
1926 - 2011
Zhang Huan (1965)
Zhang Huan
1965
Roberto Montenegro Nervo (1885 - 1968)
Roberto Montenegro Nervo
1885 - 1968
Andreas Schön (1955)
Andreas Schön
1955
Philip Henry Jackson (1944)
Philip Henry Jackson
1944
Ingrid Schaar (1937 - 2004)
Ingrid Schaar
1937 - 2004
Thomas Baumann (1967)
Thomas Baumann
1967
Andy Goldsworthy (1956)
Andy Goldsworthy
1956
Carlo Borer (1961)
Carlo Borer
1961