Category Archives: Afghan War
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Rising Voices Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia, and the Pacific
According to the Victoria and Albert Museum these artworks give us a different perspective on contemporary Asiam art. Indeed I felt as I looked at them that they were entirely different from Asian Contemporary art that I have seen previously. The artists draw on recent political events, mixing them with age old mythmaking, […]
This entry was posted on June 24, 2026 and is filed under Afghan War, Art and Politics Now, Art in War, Culture and Human rights, Uncategorized. -
Orientalism Redux
This is Captain Colin Mackenzie painted by James Sant in 1842.The portrait is a major work in the Lure of the East Exhibition at the Tate Britain. The exhibition re-examines Orientalist painting, mostly concentrating on nineteenth century painters in the countries around the Mediterranean.But this portrait is of quite a different subject. Captain Colin Mackenzie […]
This entry was posted on July 5, 2008 and is filed under Afghan War, Lure of the East, Orientalism, Tate Britain.
