Written by Pallavi Chattopadhyay |Published: May 10, 2019 1:28:20 am
Hope in a troubled landscape
‘Afghani Vignettes’ offers an oddly colourful view of a place inflicted with violence for years
Forced to serve in the Afghan army at 16, Afghan artist Salim Attaie from Kabul believes luck has mostly been in his favour. Having escaped bombardments by Mujahideen forces more than twice, one when his shop full of fruits was targeted, the other while eating a meal with his two friends at their furniture store — who didn’t share the same luck — it’s shocking and fascinating to see his canvases brimming with bright colours and hope. Using his fingers and a knife, the self-taught artist renders abstract visions of his city’s busy streets, serene waterfronts and rural folks walking uphill, in “Afghani Vignettes”, a group show of Afghan art at New Delhi’s India Habitat Centre.
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