Part A- 3

These artworks are called Mobile Talker (left) and Soldier (right)

which were completed in 2007 by Farhad Moshiri from Iran. The materials used for Mobile Talker are oil, synthetic polymer paint and glitter on canvas and the materials for Soldier are synthetic polymer paint on canvas. "Mobile Talker, like Soldier 2007, uses two layers of imagery. The background is formed by a flat hyperrealist painting of an ornamental, elaborately layered wedding cake and modern drapery, adorned with red roses- a motif beloved by the Persian poet Rumi. They are emptied of obvious significance however, becoming satiric signifies of a culture of kitsch weddings and nouveau riche aspirations that have become a feature of modern Iran. Moshiri draws over this imagery with acrylic confectionery icing to form the outlines of the figures. In Mobile Talker, a veiled young woman is outlined in bright hues, her mobile phone suggesting the tension between tradition and modernity in Iran. Soldier shows a moustached soldier in a style that suggests Persian miniature painting." My initial thoughts for both were “I want to eat it” and “how interesting- what a unique, imaginative idea”! They both are very original concepts and I have never seen anything like either!