Art in Pakistan – 5 examples

The story of Steve McCurry & Sharbat Gula, the Afghan Girl

Photography / 3 minutes of reading

Only a few people would know which face to match with the name Sharbat Gula, yet her image is quite popular. As a young refugee in Afghanistan, she was photographed by the National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry. This photograph of the green-eyed girl that even the photographer would not identify came to be the face […]

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Alighiero Boetti’s Arazzi – Tapestry made in Pashtunistan

Textile art / 5 minutes of reading

“It would be nice to be two people – one all aware and real, the other all dreamy and unconscious – who go hand in hand, without ever mingling,” – Alighiero Boetti. Childhood Alighiero Boetti was a prominent Italian Conceptual artist and Arte Povera movement member. As he grew up in Turin, Italy, where he

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Public Delivery goes East: Golden balloons in Central Asia & beyond

Performances / 1 minute of reading

We are closing off 2018 with a selection of recent performances from our Silence Was Golden project. These golden balloons were blown up loosely around the Silk Road, including some of the most remote locations in Central Asia, such as the desert of Turkmenistan and other rugged and sparsely populated spots in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

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The war rugs of Afghanistan

Textile art / 2 minutes of reading

3 min 50 sec Every time there is war in a region, the locals look for ways to ease their frustration in an effort to remain hopeful. Afghanistan has been at war for a long time and while most people are aware of the United States invasion in 2001, the Soviet Union occupied the region

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Gideon Mendel’s powerful photos taken after floods – The world under water

Photography / 3 minutes of reading

For a couple of years now, photographer Gideon Mendel has taken it upon himself to show the world what it is like in other parts of the world where the climate is very unfavorable to them. Mendel has not minded the dangers and lengths he has to go through to make sure he delivers the

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