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Living in Afghanistan

Start Date 19 June 2002
End Date 12 October 2002
Venue Textile Museum of Canada
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Curator Natalia Nekrassova and Max Allen
Exhibition with mannequins on a plinth displaying clothing from Afghanistan, with textiles hanging from two walls.
Exhibition with mannequins on a plinth displaying garments from Afghanistan with textiles hanging from the wall.
Exhibition with mannequins on a plinth displaying garments from Afghanistan.
Exhibition with mannequins displaying garments from Afghanistan with textiles hanging from the wall.
Exhibition displaying textiles on a plinth and on the two walls.
Exhibition displaying textiles on the three walls, and glassware in a glass cabinet..

Living in Afghanistan celebrates the rich and diverse Islamic and pre-Islamic cultures of the Afghan people. Afghanistan is a multicultural society consisting of many ethnic groups, yet these remarkable cultures remain largely unknown to the rest of the world especially in the wake of recent conflicts. This 2002 exhibition unveils “invisible Afghanistan” through clothing, rugs, textiles and other artifacts that reflect historic and contemporary ways of life.

Images courtesy of the Textile Museum of Canada, Ontario, Canada.