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#Afghanistan
#Hadi Rahnaward
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April 18, 2024
Grace Ebert
Stamped with a footprint and burned patches, Hadi Rahnaward’s matchstick rug at Palais de Tokyo frays on the edges. Titled “Fragile Steadiness,” the meticulously laid set up is a part of the exhibition Dislocations curated in partnership Portes ouvertes sur l’artwork, a nonprofit supporting artists in exile.
Rahnaward works throughout movie, pictures, and set up and is within the cycles of violence inside his native Afghanistan, notably regarding Taliban rule. Weaving and rugmaking have lengthy traditions with the area’s nomadic tribes, and the follow at this time continues each within the nation and with refugees who fled throughout the Soviet-Afghan warfare. In “Fragile Steadiness,” innumerable matches cram collectively, and the mixture of pristine, purple heads and charred suggestions creates an ornate motif. Remnants of violence seem to erode such a strong image of worth and tradition, which splinters and piles up like rubble.
Dislocations is on view by way of June 30, and you may comply with Rahnaward on Instagram.
#Afghanistan
#Hadi Rahnaward
#set up
#matches
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