Mudasir Rehman Dar

Mudasir Rehman Dar (born 1992), also known as Shahid Mudasir, is a sketch artist from Kashmir. He is known for his miniature painting art and for creating the world's smallest painting of the Kaaba on a leaf, a ring, and a pencil lead. In 2021, he has been named in the India Book of Records as well as the Asia Book of Records in recognition of his work.[1]

Mudasir Rehman Dar
Born1992 (age 30–31)
Kulpora, Kulgam district, India
Known forWorld's smallest painting of Kaaba

Career

Dar is known for miniature painting art after he created a painting of the Kaaba on a ring, a leaf and a pencil lead. He also makes abstract art, paintings, modern art, contemporary art, sketching, landscapes, Islamic art, calligraphy, social art, and other portraits across the Kashmir valley.[1][2]

Most of Dar' art is Kashmir-related. In 2007, when Dar's cousin died, he started drawing and illustrating why youth are forced to pick up arms, why people die, and how they live their everyday lives.[3]

In 2016, after the death of Burhan Wani, he was forced to take down a sketched image of Wani from social media after it went viral.[4]

After 2019, Dar began to draw on different social issues, such as drug addiction, rape, child abuse, and child labour.[5]

As of 2020, Dar has created at least 400 paintings.[6]

Awards and recognition

In 2021, Dar was named in the Asian Book of Records and the Indian Book of Records for making the world's smallest painting. He became the first artist from Kashmir to gain this award.[7][8][9]

Personal life

Dar was born in 1992 in Kulpora village in Kulgam district. He dropped out of school at the secondary level and became a daily-wage worker to support his father. He currently works as a painter.[10]

References
  1. Masroor, Riyaz (18 March 2022). "مدثر ڈار: 'میں نہیں چاہتا کہ میرے بچے اس فن کے چسکے میں اپنا وقت ضائع کریں'" [Mudassir Dar: 'I don't want my children to waste their time in this art'] (in Urdu). BBC Urdu. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. Wani, Ashraf (4 October 2021). "This artist from Kashmir created the world's smallest painting of Holy Kabbah on ring, leaf". India Today. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  3. Mukhtar, Umar (8 May 2019). "Painting Pain". Kashmir Life. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  4. Gura, Khalid Bashir (28 September 2021). "How Young Artists in Kashmir Have Been Living in Fear Since August 2019". The Wire (India). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. Sharif, Marziya (29 December 2021). "Meet Kashmir's Mudasir Dar who created world's tiniest painting of Kaaba". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  6. Nazir, Burhan (25 October 2020). "A young artist from Kulgam who painted the Kaaba on a ring". The Chenab Times. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  7. "कश्मीर के इस कलाकार ने बनाई दुनिया की सबसे छोटी पेंटिंग, एशियाई और भारतीय बुक ऑफ रिकॉर्ड्स में दर्ज हुआ नाम" [This artist from Kashmir created the world's smallest painting, named in the Asian and Indian Book of Records] (in Hindi). TV9 Bharatvarsh. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  8. "Kulgam artist gets recognition from Asian, Indian Book of Records". Daily Excelsior. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  9. "Meet Mudasir Rehman: First artist from Kashmir to feature in Asia book of records". GroundReport.in. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  10. "Award winning Kulgam abstract artist on the cusp of giving up". Rising Kashmir. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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