|
|
|
|
|
|
Fragments of War
Odegaard Undergraduate Library and Commons
first and second floor display areasAbout the Artist
Fragments of War
Odegaard Undergraduate Library,
UW 2006
“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans,
and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of
totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?”
-- Mahatma Gandhi
“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.”
-- John F. Kennedy
▶
A part is any of the components of a whole
▶
A portion is a part allotted to or regarded as
belonging to someone
▶
A piece is a part separated from the whole
▶
A division is a part formed by classifying, cutting,
partitioning
▶
A segment is a part separated along natural lines of
division
▶
A fragment is a small part, usually broken off
I see war in the fragments, the individual experiences that form a mosaic of loss, despair, and endurance.
--
Iraqi Widow
Colored ink
& coffee on Paper
By Artist:
A tribute
to my sister, Asraa, age 24, who lost her husband when a car bomb exploded near
the bus he was riding to visit his brother in Baghdad in July 2004.
Memory of Peace
Colored ink
& coffee on Paper
By Artist:
Many young Iraqis cannot remember a time of peace and
safety; for them, a peace-time in the future is unfathomable.
Map of War
Colored ink
& coffee on Paper
By Artist:
The course
of a life is evident in faces of the old.
Many Iraqis
are old before their time.
Witness
Colored ink
& coffee on Paper
By Artist:
Sometimes, those who have seen too much can no longer turn
their vision outward.
Fragment of Love in Time of
War
Colored ink
& coffee on Paper
By Artist:
In war,
love stories are colored by loss and conflict.
Prisoner
Colored ink
& coffee on Paper
By Artist:
In a place of war, there are none who are free.
Narrow Escape
Colored ink
& coffee on Paper
By Artist:
The more they see and experience, the more difficult it becomes to gain the refuge of memory.
Ascent
Marble on
Granite base
By Artist:
The man’s
soul seems serene as he rises up from the shell of his body below, while the
woman, weak with grief, attempts in vain to prevent his departure.
Holding On
Marble
By Artist:
If only the
survivors could share the oblivion of the dying…
War
Marble on
Granite base
By Artist:
To
understand the effect of war, one needs only to stare into the face of a woman who has
lived through it.