Art, ingenuity + refugees: Syed Safdar Ahmed at TEDxParramatta - YouTube - 0 views
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Jane Healy on 14 Jan 14Safdar Ahmed talks about Alwy's work; how Alwy attends his own exhibition via a dialogue on FB. Safdar talks about his own life as an artist, speaks about drawing his grandmother, the context of the refugee, how art can help to transcend and enrich lives. Mentions Afghan hazara men, Alwys Fadel, an Afghan woman's image of her son, 'food art', resisting single narratives; the importance of carpets in Afghan culture and the significance of an Afghan in detention's work which is a carpet of iconic Australian images.