Art and Afghanistan
Format
Senior Art and Design Exhibition
Faculty Mentor Name
Jennifer Little
Faculty Mentor Department
Visual Arts
Abstract/Artist Statement
Ascending multiculturalism stands in the way of progress, whatever cultures exist — the inhabitants deserve the freedom to choose to follow said culture or be free of it. Nowhere is this need more noticeable than in the women of Afghanistan. Their notably nonexistent sights and sounds in the global culture are a loss to all. The old adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words” is at play in my decision to document my desires through the contemplative medium of photographic art, alongside my war-torn brother's photojournalism from Afghanistan. The result, I hope, is a stirring of the soul, a provocation to activity. Not only in the actual depictions of tinhe horrid conditions which surround the little girls of Afghanistan, but the long-laden misconceptions we Westerners have had about the mysteries of the East (think provocateurs like Matisse's sexualization of the repressed Muslim woman played by the free white one). I feel a kinship towards all of my sex, and otherwise. I feel for the woman who wore the hijab out of necessity before I did for art's sake. I only ask that you do the same.
Location
Reynolds Art Gallery
Start Date
21-4-2011 6:00 PM
End Date
21-4-2011 9:00 PM
Art and Afghanistan
Reynolds Art Gallery
Ascending multiculturalism stands in the way of progress, whatever cultures exist — the inhabitants deserve the freedom to choose to follow said culture or be free of it. Nowhere is this need more noticeable than in the women of Afghanistan. Their notably nonexistent sights and sounds in the global culture are a loss to all. The old adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words” is at play in my decision to document my desires through the contemplative medium of photographic art, alongside my war-torn brother's photojournalism from Afghanistan. The result, I hope, is a stirring of the soul, a provocation to activity. Not only in the actual depictions of tinhe horrid conditions which surround the little girls of Afghanistan, but the long-laden misconceptions we Westerners have had about the mysteries of the East (think provocateurs like Matisse's sexualization of the repressed Muslim woman played by the free white one). I feel a kinship towards all of my sex, and otherwise. I feel for the woman who wore the hijab out of necessity before I did for art's sake. I only ask that you do the same.