Khadim Ali
Dott Publishing, an imprint of ARTAND FOUNDATION
This gold fabric covered monograph with its richly coloured reproductions of paintings and tapestries by artist Khadim Ali, accompanied by essays from Salima Hashmi, Rachel Kent and Ali himself, tells a compelling narrative of the artist’s homelands of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the perils of the Hazara people fleeing the Taliban, and the development of his artistic practice. Conveying his concern for the ongoing conflict in these lands, and the loss and trauma of persecution the works are detailed with depictions of demon-like figures. Using colour as a form of expression his pieces are made with natural dyes and pigments sourced from Hazarajat. “Sampling from the land is a reminder of the cyclical nature of life”, says Ali.
