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

Wahed Khakdan (1950)
Wahed Khakdan
1950
Azra Aghighi Bakhshayeshi (1968)
Azra Aghighi Bakhshayeshi
1968
Shirin Neshat (1957)
Shirin Neshat
1957
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
Y. Z. Kami (1956)
Y. Z. Kami
1956
Karl Momen (1934)
Karl Momen
1934
Avish Khebrehzadeh (1969)
Avish Khebrehzadeh
1969
Manoucher Yektai (1921 - 2019)
Manoucher Yektai
1921 - 2019
Akop Mkrtumovich Ovnatanyan (1806 - 1881)
Akop Mkrtumovich Ovnatanyan
1806 - 1881

Creators Contemporary art

Heinz Detlef Wüpper (1911 - 1995)
Heinz Detlef Wüpper
1911 - 1995
Giulio Lazzotti (1942)
Giulio Lazzotti
1942
Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje (1932 - 2017)
Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje
1932 - 2017
Bob Adelman (1930 - 2016)
Bob Adelman
1930 - 2016
Miloš Vusković (1900 - 1975)
Miloš Vusković
1900 - 1975
Stanisława de Karłowska (1876 - 1952)
Stanisława de Karłowska
1876 - 1952
Mikhail Matveevich Shvartsman (1926 - 1997)
Mikhail Matveevich Shvartsman
1926 - 1997
Nathalie Boutté (1967)
Nathalie Boutté
1967
Lydia Field Emmet (1866 - 1952)
Lydia Field Emmet
1866 - 1952
Linda Karshan (1947)
Linda Karshan
1947
Zhou Shaohua (1929)
Zhou Shaohua
1929
Jean Shin (1971)
Jean Shin
1971
Bob Ross (1942 - 1995)
Bob Ross
1942 - 1995
Józef Gosławski (1908 - 1963)
Józef Gosławski
1908 - 1963
Tai Xiangzhou (1968)
Tai Xiangzhou
1968
Vladimir Alexandrovich Igoshev (1921 - 2007)
Vladimir Alexandrovich Igoshev
1921 - 2007
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