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SUMMARY:Weaving Conflict: Afghan War Carpets at Nickle Galleries
LOCATION:Taylor Family Digital Library\, Calgary
DESCRIPTION:Beginning around 1980\, Afghan weavers began incorporating imag
 es of fighter jets\, guns\, and tanks into their carpet designs—likely i
 n response to the arrival of Soviet forces in 1979. While the motifs were 
 novel\, Afghan War Rugs\, as the genre has been named\, are related to a l
 ong tradition of Persian pictorial carpets. The Nickle’s collection allu
 des to\, in part\, weavers’ survival strategies and resilience during th
 e conflicts and turmoil of the last decades of the 20th century.Join Miche
 le Hardy for a behind-the-scenes visit to the vault and a look at some rem
 arkable textiles produced between 1980-2007. Hardy is a curator\, anthropo
 logist and textile specialist who has worked with the collection for almos
 t two decades.
URL:https://canadianlocals.ca/calgary/events/weaving-conflict-afghan-war-ca
 rpets-at-nickle-galleries
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