Afghanistan Untitled

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Entangled in the constraints of a war economy and inescapable geopolitics, Afghan contemporary artists strive to gather and develop new meanings in relation to the Self, to their practice, to their community, to their national and ethnic belonging, and to their history and heritage. Francesca Recchia’s performative talk addresses these issues in a collection of thoughts that aim todisentangle the complexity of being Afghan by looking at the role that different actors play, the importance of mentorship, education and dialogue, and the urgent need to de-exoticize Afghan art and artists.