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)