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

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

Creators Contemporary art

Linda Kohen (1923)
Linda Kohen
1923
Bettina Rheims (1952)
Bettina Rheims
1952
David Bailey (1938)
David Bailey
1938
Mikhail Fedorovich Andrienko-Nechytailo (1894 - 1982)
Mikhail Fedorovich Andrienko-Nechytailo
1894 - 1982
Joe Biel (1966)
Joe Biel
1966
Alice Bailly (1872 - 1938)
Alice Bailly
1872 - 1938
Horace Day (1909 - 1984)
Horace Day
1909 - 1984
Bengt Karl Erik Lindström (1925 - 2008)
Bengt Karl Erik Lindström
1925 - 2008
Serge Spitzer (1951 - 2012)
Serge Spitzer
1951 - 2012
Isshaq Ismail (1989)
Isshaq Ismail
1989
Wang Yidong (1955)
Wang Yidong
1955
Imogen Cunningham (1883 - 1976)
Imogen Cunningham
1883 - 1976
Lev Tabenkin (1952)
Lev Tabenkin
1952
Lino Sabattini (1925 - 2016)
Lino Sabattini
1925 - 2016
Aleksandr Iulianovich Rukavishnikov (1950)
Aleksandr Iulianovich Rukavishnikov
1950
Sung-Hee Cho (1949)
Sung-Hee Cho
1949
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