Bazzare Painting

This Paintings is made by Mohammad Salim. Born in 1972, Salim Attaie came to the art world in 2001. He started Gallery Nootaq (meaning starting from scratch) in 2002. The Art School faculty visiting his Gallery admired his style and encouraged him to take in students and mentor them. At the age of 16, Attaie had to sign up for the Army to fight the Russians, who were then occuping Afghanistan. “I have seen so much bloodshed, I think the stories would fill a book, he says.” He left the army when he was 20, and did whatever he could to earn a living: selling tea, working in construction, pedaling dry fruit. Sometimes he doesn’t even remember the things he’s done, he says with a smile. He began picking up and selling art. He also started painting. Attaie is a self taught artist. He bought paintings and sold them, things that people threw out. His dream is to have an art gallery in India so he can sell his and the paintings of other artists from Afghansitan. “I want to build a future for my children,” he says. Attaie has curated several shows in Kabul, an exhibition at the United National Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and at the Office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.