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A medium shot showcases the Pakistani-American contemporary artist Salman Toor standing with a pensive expression in the center of his studio. He is dressed casually in a black crewneck T-shirt and dark gray sweatpants, with his left arm crossed tightly over his stomach and his right hand gently propping up his chin. Flanking him on either wall are two of his distinctive figurative oil paintings rendered in his signature, atmospheric emerald-green and ochre palettes. The artwork on the left depicts a surreal scene with a kneeling figure and another figure reclined on the ground, while the large canvas on the right illustrates an intimate, stylized gathering of multiple figures seated around a dinner table under warm lighting. A couple of smaller, unfinished canvases are mounted higher up on the white wall behind him.

Salman Toor Named to the Inaugural TIME100 Art List

The Lahore-born, New York-based painter joins Amy Sherald and 98 others on TIME's first-ever art-focused list, with a major Courtauld Gallery exhibition opening in October

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Salman Toor Named to the Inaugural TIME100 Art List

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A medium shot showcases the Pakistani-American contemporary artist Salman Toor standing with a pensive expression in the center of his studio. He is dressed casually in a black crewneck T-shirt and dark gray sweatpants, with his left arm crossed tightly over his stomach and his right hand gently propping up his chin. Flanking him on either wall are two of his distinctive figurative oil paintings rendered in his signature, atmospheric emerald-green and ochre palettes. The artwork on the left depicts a surreal scene with a kneeling figure and another figure reclined on the ground, while the large canvas on the right illustrates an intimate, stylized gathering of multiple figures seated around a dinner table under warm lighting. A couple of smaller, unfinished canvases are mounted higher up on the white wall behind him.

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