The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A woven woollen carpet with fighting demon figures. The work was developed in collaboration with Afghan artist Sher Ali, who specialises in painting lions in traditional miniature form. Ali represents Afghanistan through the perspective of everyday Hazaras still living in Afghanistan. From their perspective, Afghanistan is a dangerous and highly charged political and religious realm which they negotiate daily. The archaic and savage nature of the work is an attempt to communicate the destruction and brutal drives which have consumed Afghanistan.
Khadim’s AWM works represent Afghanistan through the perspective of everyday Hazaras still living in Afghanistan. From their perspective, Afghanistan is a dangerous and highly charged political and re
In this work the Taliban are symbolised as a dark demon and the Afghanistan government as white, and they sit together negotiating the control of territories. The pictured lions represent the various
The dark upside-down figure represents the Taliban supported by Pakistan while the Rostam figure on the right represents the International Coalition Against Terrorism (ICAT). The red, white and blue a
Khadim created this work in response to the shock of the James Foley beheading and the culture of beheading that is now common in Afghanistan which Khadim argues is due to the influence of Al-Qaeda in
Tapestry of Disaster, Fallujah, 2013, is an image of one of many car bombs which have exploded in Fallujah since insurgency activity during the Second Iraq War and which has continued with ISIS assaul
Tapestry of Disaster, Tower One, 2012 is an image from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre, which have greatly shaped the world and numerous conflicts since. The work me
