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Despite the perils, Afghan artists have consistently portrayed their country and its many facets.
Louis Meunier from indiegogo July 03, 2013 Kabuliwood is a feature film about a group of young Afghan artists, struggling to open a cultural centre in Kabul. To do…
A group of women in burqas rises from the sea to symbolize cleanliness, while further down a bus with no wheels symbolizes Kabul’s public transport.
By Rachel Schausfor suite101.comAugust 21, 2009 Part of Afghanistan’s culture preservation is to inform the world of the modern history of fine art in Afghanistan. With the destruction of…
It’s a tree so withered and broken that only a single scarred branch is still struggling heavenwards. Yet all life has not gone: a tiny leaf, green against the cerulean blue of the sky, stubbornly clings to a twig.
By Vincent DowdBBC NewsApril 22, 2008 Painting with oils was taking place in what is now Afghanistan centuries before such techniques were known to Europeans, researchers say. French-based…
Afghanistan arts. Dr. Asefi is a famous Afghan Painter artist who has produced many wonderful art pieces.
The world he paints is an escape into vivid colors and dramatic strokes.
By Lauren Comiteau/AmsterdamFor TIMEJanuary 08, 2008 The Taliban’s dynamiting of the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan in March 2001 was only the most dramatic expression of their mission to obliterate…
By Carolyn Barry for National Geographic News February 6, 2008 Buddhist murals from Afghanistan’s famed Bamian caves are the world’s earliest known oil paintings, according to a new chemical…
AT News Bureau KABUL: A painting competition was held to pay homage and tribute to the great Afghan painter Professor Ghulam Mohammad Maimanagi here in Kabul on Tuesday….