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Khadim Ali is an ethnic Hazara (a Persian-speaking ethnic minority in Northern Afghanistan) whose familial connections are to the Afghan city of Bamiyan. Since the mid 1990s, the Bamiyan region has been occupied by the Taliban, resulting in the massacre of many Hazara people and the destruction of sacred sites, such as the ancient Buddhas of Bamiyan.

Ali's series 'Jushn-e-gulle surkh (Celebration of red tulips)' was created in response to the 1998 massacre of Hazara people in Mazar-e-Sharif during the ancient celebrations of Norooz (Persian New Year); a ritual condemned as anti-Islamic by the Taliban. Tulips have great historical significance in Persian culture and here represent the fields of flowers that bloom during Norooz, as well as the blood of the massacre. The Arabic calligraphy inscribed on floating grenades refers to the triumphant slogans used during the Taliban's siege.

'The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' was the opening exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) and the refurbished Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) building, with displays across both sites making the exhibition twice the scale of previous Triennials.

The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art is QAGOMA's flagship international contemporary art event, and the only major exhibition series in the world to focus exclusively on the contemporary art of Asia, the Pacific and Australia. Installed at our neighbouring buildings the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) and Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), the Triennial is a unique opportunity to experience innovative, beautiful and thought-provoking works of art by artists, collectives and projects from countries across the region.

The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
2 December 2006 – 27 May 2007
Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art

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