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

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

Creators Contemporary art

Pavel Ivanovich Basmanov (1906 - 1993)
Pavel Ivanovich Basmanov
1906 - 1993
Juan Boza Sánchez (1941 - 1991)
Juan Boza Sánchez
1941 - 1991
Erich Lethgau (1940)
Erich Lethgau
1940
Neo Rauch (1960)
Neo Rauch
1960
Noel Counihan (1913 - 1986)
Noel Counihan
1913 - 1986
Qiu Shihua (1940)
Qiu Shihua
1940
Jatin Das (1941)
Jatin Das
1941
Claude Viallat (1936)
Claude Viallat
1936
Yangyang Meng (1983)
Yangyang Meng
1983
Brigitte Matschinsky-Denninghoff (1921 - 2011)
Brigitte Matschinsky-Denninghoff
1921 - 2011
Mikhail Yuryevich Kugach (1939)
Mikhail Yuryevich Kugach
1939
Ivan Mareš (1956)
Ivan Mareš
1956
Cécile Plaisance (1968)
Cécile Plaisance
1968
Vladimir Nikolaevich Nemukhin (1925 - 2016)
Vladimir Nikolaevich Nemukhin
1925 - 2016
Sally Mann (1951)
Sally Mann
1951
Elisabeth Hölzl (1962)
Elisabeth Hölzl
1962
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