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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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Spheres of Influence
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Maker: Norrie, Susan
‘Spheres of Influence’ is a single-channel film that records official war artist Susan Norrie’s response to her October 2016 deployment to Camp Taji in Iraq. She arrived two weeks after the Battle of ...AWM2018.217.1
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Tapestry of Disaster, Fallujah
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Maker: Cordeiro, Sean Healy, Claire
Tapestry of Disaster, Fallujah, 2013, is an image of one of many car bombs which have exploded in Fallujah since insurgency activity during the Second Iraq War and which has continued with ISIS assaul...AWM2016.162.3
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Tapestry of Disaster, Tower One
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Maker: Cordeiro, Sean Healy, Claire
Tapestry of Disaster, Tower One, 2012 is an image from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre, which have greatly shaped the world and numerous conflicts since. The work me...AWM2016.162.2
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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
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Yazidi Refugees in Northern Iraq fleeing ISIL advance, Mount Sinjar
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Maker: Jones, Locust
Operation OKRA is the Australian Defence Force's contribution to the international effort to combat the Daesh (also known as ISIL) terrorist threat in Iraq and Syira. This lithograph by Jones is a res...ART96875