Kevin Sudeith War Rugs

Offers a selection of rugs broken down by style.

Kevin sudeith war rugs.

Baluch rug weavers in afghanistan started to incorporate military imagery into their rugs such as tanks ak 47s helicopters and fighter jets. Volume 1 due october 15 and invites orders on his site. Kevin is going to print with pictorial war rugs. Kevin is going to print with pictorial war rugs.

Volume 1 due october 15 and invites orders on his site. Despite the different subject matter kevin noticed the distinctive border see the comparison below. The modern history of violence has seeped into the nation s ancient art of rug making rugs now feature imagery of tanks ak 47s and u s. While their aesthetics impacted his work hints of his style are also apparent in some of the war rugs which feature roman characters spelling out ussr made in afghanistan or long live us soldiers alighiero boetti.

Kevin sudeith a 49 year old us entrepreneur discovered these rugs which have bazookas tanks helicopters hand grenades and kalashnikovs woven on them in 1996 at an italian architect. War rugs volume one pictorial isbn 978 0 9974233 1 0 mosques monuments minarets and modern cities in war rugs from 1981 through 2010. War rug interview with kevin sudeith the phenomenon of war rugs started in about 1979 with the soviet invasion of afghanistan. This book demonstrates how some war rugs grew out of the long tradition of landscape pictorial rugs as well as the way contemporary weavers combined ancient religious and martial architectural.

Afghan war rugs reflect the nation s long history of conflict through one of its most ancient art forms. Photo by kevin sudeith. I have not been able to identify the alternating figures which we ve nicknamed caterpillars and scorpions. Afghanistan has suffered through decades of war.