Central to his work are the anxieties and the comedy of identity. In other pieces, Toor creates allegorical spaces of waiting, anticipation, and apprehension border crossings into a world that may or may not be welcoming. In many of his paintings, he creates subtly disarming depictions of familiar idealized environments in which often-marginalized bodies flourish safely and in comfort. Toor’s work oscillates between heartening and harrowing, seductive and poignant, inviting and eerie. Toor playfully engages the history of European painting, particularly certain Baroque, Rococo, Romantic, and Impressionist masters with whom he shares an aesthetic kinship he disrupts entrenched attitudes toward gender and race prevalent within this tradition by introducing elements of fantasy, humor, and cultural hybridity. His vision has been exceptionally unique as he chose to step out of regular schooling education and make it reachable and accessible to those who can’t afford to go to school.Salman Toor’s sumptuous and insightful figurative paintings depict intimate, quotidian moments in the lives of fictional young, brown, queer men ensconced in contemporary cosmopolitan culture.

In 2012, he also implemented the feature of Coach, on his website, through which students could participate in online classes and also get to interact with their teachers. On December 29, 2012, Sal had published his first book, titled, “The One World School House: Education Reimagined.” Sal Khan’s youtube videos are now even popularized in remote areas of Africa and the Asian subcontinent region. Even students of all levels, have profited from his videos and were able to make the best use of it. Educators around the world have appreciated his hard work. Josh Gefner, his pal, continuously helped him and he also received scholarships from Ann Doerr, wife of John Doerr, for developing Khan Academy.ĭuring the first couple of years, 458 million views were registered on his youtube channel. He then started his non-profit organization, Khan Academy and got it established with the help of his hard work and excellence. Slowly, he went on, establishing himself in the online mentoring field.įinally, in the year 2009, he decided to quit his job and indulge himself in the educational field. Consecutively, on November 16, 2006, he created a youtube channel for uploading such further videos.

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