Filters
Collection
300 Results
-
I wish for oppression in my country to end
Art
Maker: Afghan woman name withheld Scott, Annelise
Annelise Scott's artist statement reads: My work looks at the idea that everything needs to eat. Despite the ripe tomato looking delicious, something else has got to it first. It is spoiled for one b...AWM2021.781.31
-
I wish for peace
Art
Maker: Afghan woman name withheld Riggs, Anne
The artist Anne Riggs states: Lake Burrumbeet emptied of water with the prolonged drought. As it did thousands of fish died at the continually receding lake's edge. Their gaping mouths told of a stre...AWM2021.781.9
-
I wish for peace in my country
Art
Maker: Afghan woman name withheld Scott, Annelise
Annelise Scott's artist statement reads: My work looks at the idea that everything needs to eat. Despite the ripe tomato looking delicious, something else has got to it first. It is spoiled for one b...AWM2021.781.32
-
I wish to be a doctor
Art
Maker: Afghan woman name withheld Scott, Annelise
Annelise Scott's artist statement reads: My work looks at the idea that everything needs to eat. Despite the ripe tomato looking delicious, something else has got to it first. It is spoiled for one b...AWM2021.781.30
-
I wish to participate in the construction of my country
Art
Maker: Afghan woman, name withheld Kameniar, Barbara
Barbara Kameniar's artist statement reads: 'The images on the handkerchiefs include a Tudor house and small birds called Pardalotes. The Tudor house represents a love of literature, the theatre and l...AWM2021.781.33
-
I wish to see my family healthy
Art
Maker: Afghan woman name withheld Glattauer, Silvi
Silvi Glattauer's artist statement reads: 'The handkerchief is such a personal item that you carry close to your body and is often gifted to a lover as a 'forget me knot'. I wanted to use the handkerc...AWM2021.781.12
-
I would like to be a doctor
Art
Maker: Afghan woman, name withheld Edwards, Tess
Tess Edward's artist statement reads: When I think of a handkerchief, I think of how it is a simple, practical, traditional accessory that accompanies its owner through life like a faithful friend. T...AWM2021.781.38
-
I would like to be an embroidery trainer
Art
Maker: Afghan woman name withheld Glattauer, Silvi
Silvi Glattauer's artist statement reads: 'The handkerchief is such a personal item that you carry close to your body and is often gifted to a lover as a 'forget me knot'. I wanted to use the handkerc...AWM2021.781.42
-
I would like to be a useful person
Art
Maker: Afghan woman name withheld Edwards, Tess
Tess Edward's artist statement reads: When I think of a handkerchief, I think of how it is a simple, practical, traditional accessory that accompanies its owner through life like a faithful friend. T...AWM2021.781.39
-
I would like to become a lawyer
Art
Maker: Afghan woman, name withheld Armour, Kath
Kath Armour's artist statement reads: 'The language of visual art, speaks in ways that words cannot. Art Therapy is a modality that uses non-verbal language of art for personal growth, insight, and t...AWM2021.781.36
-
I would like to become an embroidery trainer
Art
Maker: Afghan woman name withheld Ellis, Di
This work is an embroidered Western Rosella with one wing spread out perched on a branch. Di Ellis's artist statement reads: 'Proverb "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush". I celebrate the be...AWM2021.781.21
-
I would like to become a qualified dress maker
Art
Maker: Afghan woman name withheld Afghan woman name withheld
This embroidered handkerchief features two magpies. One is bottom right of the work sitting on a branch which is angled across the plain. The other is coming to land from the top left hand corner wi...AWM2021.781.1
-
I would like to build a shelter or a guest house for street children
Art
Maker: Afghan woman name withheld Goldfinch, Karena
This handkerchief shows a Magpie in flight. It has been embroidered with a white outline and black to fill in the body. The background is embroidered with running stitch in red thread. The top and bot...AWM2021.781.2
-
I would like to improve my family's economy
Art
Maker: Afghan woman name withheld Armour, Kath
Kath Armour's artist statement reads: 'The language of visual art, speaks in ways that words cannot. Art Therapy is a modality that uses non-verbal language of art for personal growth, insight, and t...AWM2021.781.35
-
I would like to live in a peaceful environment and be econmoically independent
Art
Maker: Afghan woman name withheld Kameniar, Barbara
Barbara Kameniar's artist statement reads: 'The images on the handkerchiefs include a Tudor house and small birds called Pardalotes. The Tudor house represents a love of literature, the theatre and l...AWM2021.781.34
-
"Jack" Daniels
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
A portrait of one of the older, and more experienced sailors. Peter Churcher recalled, "Jack was an experienced crusty sailor. He had spent most of his life at sea. This is sort of the opposite of Fra...ART91787
-
Jacqui the mail girl, Kuwait
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
Jacqui the mail girl sorting and weighing boxes of mail in Kuwait. A set of scales can be seen in the background. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts ProgramART92411
-
"Junior", Flying Officer Jordon Sander, Diego Garcia
Art
Maker: Churcher, Peter
Figure of a young pilot, Flying Officer Jordan Sander, ready for action. Peter Churcher recalled, "He struck me as the archetypal fighter pilot whose youthful exuberant attitude was something that I w...ART91749
-
Kandahar
Art
Maker: Quilty, Ben
Quilty found Afghanistan to be full of danger, violence, and extreme situations, and referred to it as "this very wild place". What to the soldiers seemed ordinary, must have been extraordinary for Q...ART94525
-
Killer Bee watching
Art
Maker: Mutton, Katy
Since 2001, Australia's Defence forces have been involved in the war in Afghanistan, using various forms of modern Warfare technology including most recently, unmanned aerial systems (UAV, also known ...ART96274