Karbala had the stench of awful happenings

Place Middle East: Iraq
Accession Number ART29752.029
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 41.9 x 59.3 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description brush and ink on paper
Maker Connor, Kevin
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1991
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
Period 1990-1999
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

Many people lying of the floor of a building, presumably dead. A ghost-like figure emerges from the bodies, indicating the awful stench. A man, possibly a soldier stands in the doorway of the building which is in Karbala.