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

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

Creators Contemporary art

Raymond Materson (1954)
Raymond Materson
1954
Verdiano Marzi (1949)
Verdiano Marzi
1949
Mirosław Bałka (1958)
Mirosław Bałka
1958
Michael Gundermann (1945)
Michael Gundermann
1945
Karl-Georg Hirsch (1938)
Karl-Georg Hirsch
1938
Sean Scully (1945)
Sean Scully
1945
Irmel Kamp (1937)
Irmel Kamp
1937
Stephen Huneck (1948 - 2010)
Stephen Huneck
1948 - 2010
Aleksey Petrovich Tkachyov (1925)
Aleksey Petrovich Tkachyov
1925
Andreas Hofer (Andy Hope 1930) (1963)
Andreas Hofer (Andy Hope 1930)
1963
Antonio Donghi (1897 - 1963)
Antonio Donghi
1897 - 1963
Augusta Read Thomas (1964)
Augusta Read Thomas
1964
Adam Marczukiewicz (1958)
Adam Marczukiewicz
1958
Lotti van der Gaag (1923 - 1999)
Lotti van der Gaag
1923 - 1999
Alexander Pavlovich Bubnov (1908 - 1964)
Alexander Pavlovich Bubnov
1908 - 1964
Adam Dario Keel (1924 - 2018)
Adam Dario Keel
1924 - 2018