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Facing living past in the present
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Maker: Anwar, Rushdi
Rushdi Anwar is a Kurdish-Australian artist whose childhood was strongly impacted by war in Iraq and the genocide committed by Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein against Kurdish people. Anwar’s home town ...AWM2020.261.1
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Flight or Fight #1 Old Rivers, Deep Water (Lake Qadisiya & Lake Assad)
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Maker: Cope, Megan
In 2017 the Australian War Memorial commissioned its first female Aboriginal official war artist, Quandamooka woman Megan Cope, to travel to the Middle East to accompany various Defence units particip...AWM2019.58.1
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The rhythm of bloodshed echoes the pulse of my beating heart
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Maker: Thompson, Julian
As part of being exhibited for the inaugural Napier Waller Art Prize online exhibition (2018), Thompson provided the following artist statement about his work: "This self-portrait was made following ...AWM2019.68.1