Mogadishu Dreaming
- 2010
- 10m
Mogadishu Dreaming depicts painter Ahmed's struggle to reconcile his idealized memories of his homeland Somalia with its disintegration. Through his vivid paintings that mesh Mogadishu and S... Read allMogadishu Dreaming depicts painter Ahmed's struggle to reconcile his idealized memories of his homeland Somalia with its disintegration. Through his vivid paintings that mesh Mogadishu and Sydney landscapes, Ahmed processes his own displacement by creating an imaginary world that... Read allMogadishu Dreaming depicts painter Ahmed's struggle to reconcile his idealized memories of his homeland Somalia with its disintegration. Through his vivid paintings that mesh Mogadishu and Sydney landscapes, Ahmed processes his own displacement by creating an imaginary world that celebrates the best of both cultures, whilst alluding to brutal political upheavals and h... Read all