Nasim Salehi

He asked me: Mom, what is war? I said: War is war.

Painting
2021
Oil on canvas
62cm x 100cm
This landscape portrays war as seen through the eyes of the child sitting in the lefthand corner of the canvas. The child's worldview, which was full of colour and mirth, is now shadowed by darkness and gloom as a consequence of war.

“"The war will end.The leaders will shake hands....I don’t know who sold our homelandBut I saw who paid the price."Mahmoud Darwish”

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He asked me: Mom what is war? I said: War is war
He asked me: Mom what is war? I said: War is war
He asked me: Mom what is war? I said: War is war
He asked me: Mom what is war? I said: War is war

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Nasim Salehi

Drawing and Painting

“Art allows us to tell our personal stories in a way that can be understood by all people, no matter what language they speak”