Artful Resistance: How Afghan Women are Wielding Art Against …
Mar 2, 2022 · The future of Afghan women under Taliban rule is uncertain. However, what is certain is that female artists will not yield, whether they speak out within Kabul, in exile, or on social media. According to Sharifi and others, art and women remain the greatest perceived threats to Taliban control.
15 Years into the War in Afghanistan, an Embedded War Artist Looks Back
Oct 18, 2016 · The quintessential artistic images of war are from artists in the vein of Jacques Louis David, glorifying a conqueror like Napoleon and his exploits, with grand landscapes and mass armies.
Discovering Peace Through Art in Afghanistan
Feb 25, 2020 · Experts say the political roadmap laid out by the U.S. negotiating team, while fraught with challenges, offers a “massive opportunity” for ending America’s longest war and nearly four decades of continuous conflict in Afghanistan.
U.S. veterans use art to help female Afghan soldiers who fled their ...
Nov 10, 2023 · Jenn Hassin, an artist and Air Force veteran, has helped Afghan military servicewomen process their pain with a unique form of art.
War Paintings from Afghanistan by Arabella Dorman
Nov 22, 2014 · An acclaimed war artist Arabella Dorman's paintings from inside Afghanistan capture what life is really like in the country.
Heartbreaking Art from Afghanistan's First Street Artist Shamsia …
Aug 18, 2021 · Afghanistan's first female street artist Shamsia Hassani has been publishing her heartbreaking response to the Taliban coming into power. Titled Nightmare, one artwork shows the Taliban as dark figures emerging from the shadows.
Afghan Art Flourished for 20 Years. Can It Survive the New …
Oct 31, 2021 · An anti-corruption mural painted by ArtLords in Kandahar, Afghanistan, which depicts a schoolgirl holding pens, was vandalized by Taliban fighters. Kiana Hayeri for The New York Times. By Sharif...
From Combat to Carpet: The Art of Afghan War Rugs
The Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) presents From Combat to Carpet: The Art of Afghan War Rugs, opening January 12, 2020 and running until August 30, 2020.
Twenty Years in Afghanistan
Featuring video, audio, portraits, text, photography, journalism, public events and art exhibition, the project aims to interrogate the reasons behind the conflict, who lost and gained, the impact on Afghan civilians and the legacy of the longest war in US history after the Taliban takeover in August 2021. A key aim of Twenty Years is centering ...
Art Now and Then: Afghanistan War Art - Blogger
Jul 12, 2017 · Today, the most recent war art comes from Afghanistan, and can be seen in two different types. The first type is to be found in the traditional work of combat artists such as British Marine veteran Andrew Miller (top).