Firoz Ghanty
Firoz Ghanty | |
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Mauritian | |
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Firoz Abdul Cader Ghanty (14 August 1952 – 3 December 2019) was a
Mauritian painter, poet, and activist.[1]
Biography
Ghanty was born in
Persian-Gujarati father and a French mother. He held Marxist-Leninist ideas, and his involvement in protests led to arrests in 1975 and 1981. He lived in France from 1984 to 1996. He contributed to the Arte Povera
movement, and specialized in contemporary art.
Firoz Ghanty died on 3 December 2019 at Wellkin Hospital in Moka.[2]
Notable works
- "L’Île Maurice à Paris" (1986)
- "Grande kermesse populaire du Parti du Travail Suisse" (1986)
- "Les Plasticiens de l’Île Maurice" (1993)
- "Dix ans après" (1994)
- "Art actuel de Maurice" (1994)
- "Made in Mauritius" (1995)
- "Les Années Paris" (1996)
- "Papié" (1996)
- "Litra" (1997)
- "Poswar/Pochoirs" (1997)
- "1000 Rondins/Totem pu Lamemwar (1998)
- "Le Pont I" (2000)
- "Bridge II Pont III" (2000)
- "Encounters" (2001)
- "Autoportraits" (2001)
- "Le Pont III" (2002)
- "Sertifié Morisyin II" (2002)
- "After Tokyo" (2003)[3]
- "Taureau-de Solstice en Equinoxe" (2007)
- "Mon Corps/Moi mis à Nu" (2008)
- "Striker" (2009)[4]
- "Écritures Croisées" (2009)
- "Test Landing of the Dodo" (2010)
- "11e Foire internationale des Mascareignes" (2010)
- "FNB Joburg Art Fair" (2011)[5]
- "Ruptures" (2011)[6][7]
- "…Suite" (2012)[8]
- "Prakzis" (2012)[9][10]
References
- ^ "Décès de l'artiste Firoz Ghanty". defimedia.info (in French). 3 December 2019.
- ^ "NÉCROLOGIE : Décès du peintre et poète Firoz Ghanty". Le Mauricien (in French). 3 December 2019.
- ^ "After Tokyo, la subtile verticalité japonaise de Firoz Ghanty". lexpress.mu (in French). 21 July 2003.
- ^ "Temporary Exhibitions". Blue Penny Museum.
- ^ "FNB JOBURG ART FAIR: Migrant-C, Acteur dans un grand marché de l'art". Le Mauricien (in French). 9 October 2011.
- ^ "FIROZ GHANTY: Ruptures". Le Mauricien (in French). 1 December 2011.
- ^ "Exposition : entre théorie, mémoire et rupture". Le Matinal (in French). 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013.
- ^ "FIROZ GHANTY: Non-sens plastique". Le Mauricien (in French). 8 June 2012.
- ^ "FIROZ GHANTY: Sens praxis". Le Mauricien (in French). 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Ile Maurice: Firoz Ghanty -20 nouveaux travaux sur toile". allAfrica (in French). 27 July 2012.