Strangeness-Familiarity and Dynamism – Aesthetics and Cultural Background in Aatifi’s Work

Catalogue essay by Prof. Stefan Weber, Director Museum für Islamische Kunst in the Pergamonmuseum, Berlin, Germany

in: Bauer, M. (ed.): Aatifi – News from Afghanistan. Bielefeld (2015), pp. 10-15.

Maraka with Aatifi

A personal conversation between Aatifi and Martina Bauer, freelance journalist, Bielefeld, Germany

in: Bauer, M. (ed.): Aatifi – News from Afghanistan. Bielefeld (2015), pp. 112–117.

Aatifi  (german only)

from Corinna Bokermann

in: Kunstrasen, number 4 2021-22. Bielefeld (2021), pp. 88-91.

Zwischen Lapislazuli und Lithium. Der afghanisch-deutsche Künstler Aatifi.  (german only)

An artist portrait by Julia Thieke

in: Kunst & Material, November/December 2016, pp. 4-17.

Aatifi. Kabul – Bielefeld  (german only)

Short portfolio for the exhibition Aatifi – News from Afghanistan in the Museum für Islamische Kunst in the Pergamonmuseum, Berlin, Germany (2015)

from the series Untitled  I  each 65 x 80 cm  I  Aatigrafie, Mixed Media (partly with metal) on laid paper  I  Aatifi 2018