The Haunted Lotus:
'The haunted lotus' is a display of paintings by Hazara artist Khadim Ali. The ideas for the paintings came from the Persian Book of Kings, or Shahnama. Ali’s grand father had read the book to him when he was a little boy, and Ali relates the paintings to violence in Afghanistan. He identifies the book's hero with the history of Hazara people in Afghanistan, especially people living in the caves at Bamyan, made world famous as the place that statues of the great Buddha were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Also on display are handmade carpets made from his paintings by artisans in Kabul.
'The haunted lotus' is a display of paintings by Hazara artist Khadim Ali. The ideas for the paintings came from the Persian Book of Kings, or Shahnama. Ali’s grand father had read the book to him when he was a little boy, and Ali relates the paintings to violence in Afghanistan. He identifies the book's hero with the history of Hazara people in Afghanistan, especially people living in the caves at Bamyan, made world famous as the place that statues of the great Buddha were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Also on display are handmade carpets made from his paintings by artisans in Kabul.