(2) Framed Contemporary Compositions in Kufic Script, including: "Qol", 2008, ink on paper, signed and dated, in black stick frame, glazed, 21" x 25 1/2" overall; PLUS "Kufic Square", 2008, same medium and framing, 30 1/2" x 21" overall. Good condition.Per Galeria Kabul: "Mehdi Banaii. 2008 graduate of Herat University?s Department of Fine Arts, Banaii comes from an artist family. Twelve generations back, his forefather was credited with building the great mosque of Mazar-e Sharif. In fact his last name, Banaii, means builder in Dari language. His family had been entrusted with repairing and restoring the Blue Mosque of Herat. Studying miniature and also working on calligraphy under the renowned master artist Najibullah Anwari, Banaii slowly coming to his own."