Farhad Moshiri (1963)
1963-XX-XXShiraz, IranIran
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.Date and place of birt: | 1963, Shiraz, Iran |
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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 |