Firoz Ghanty Explained

Firoz Ghanty
Birth Date:	14 August 1952
Birth Place:	Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius
Death Place:	Moka, Mauritius
Nationality:	Mauritian
Occupation:	Painter

Firoz Abdul Cader Ghanty (14 August 1952 – 3 December 2019) was a Mauritian painter, poet, and activist.^[1]

Biography

Ghanty was born in Mauritius to a 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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Décès de l'artiste Firoz Ghanty. 3 December 2019. defimedia.info. French.
2. Web site: NÉCROLOGIE : Décès du peintre et poète Firoz Ghanty. 3 December 2019. Le Mauricien. French.
3. Web site: After Tokyo, la subtile verticalité japonaise de Firoz Ghanty. 21 July 2003. lexpress.mu. French.
4. Web site: Temporary Exhibitions. Blue Penny Museum.
5. Web site: FNB JOBURG ART FAIR: Migrant-C, Acteur dans un grand marché de l’art. 9 October 2011. Le Mauricien. French.
6. Web site: FIROZ GHANTY: Ruptures. 1 December 2011. Le Mauricien. French.
7. Web site: Exposition : entre théorie, mémoire et rupture. 4 June 2012. Le Matinal. French. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130824063506/http://www.lematinal.com/magazine/17152-Exposition-entre-theorie-memoire-et-rupture.html. 24 August 2013.
8. Web site: FIROZ GHANTY: Non-sens plastique. 8 June 2012. Le Mauricien. French.
9. Web site: FIROZ GHANTY: Sens praxis. 3 August 2012. Le Mauricien. French.
10. Web site: Ile Maurice: Firoz Ghanty -20 nouveaux travaux sur toile. 27 July 2012. allAfrica. French.