Event
Covert War and Cultures Colliding
20 Oct 2016
Imperial War Museum
London, United Kingdom
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Reaper by Mahwish Chishty © Mahwish Chishty
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Reaper © Mahwish Chishty
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Artist Mahwish Chishty inside the exhibition space
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MQ-9-2 by Mahwish Chishty © Mahwish Chishty
Exhibition
IWM Contemporary: Mahwish Chishty
19 Oct 2016 – 19 Mar 2017
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Monday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Free entry
Address
- Lambeth Road
- London
- SE1 6HZ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Bus: 1, 3, 12, 45, 53, 59, 63, 68, 100, 159, 168, 171, 172, 176,188, 344, 360, 453, C10)
- Tube: Lambeth North (Bakerloo Line) Waterloo (Bakerloo, Northern, Jubilee Line) Southwark (Jubilee Line) Elephant & Castle (Bakerloo, Northern Line)
Event map
Shown for the first time in the UK, Mahwish Chishty’s work combines silhouettes of military drones with decorative Pakistani folk art patterns, highlighting the oppressive presence of foreign drones over Pakistan.
About
Inspired by a trip to Pakistan in 2011, Pakistan-born, US-based artist Mahwish Chishty became aware of the detailed information that was circulating locally about drone strikes, in contrast to the marked absence of information available in the United States. Struck by the pervasive and constant presence of these unmanned aircraft in Pakistan, this free exhibition of Chishty’s drone artworks are designs combining symbols of violence and contemporary warfare with Pakistani artistic and cultural traditions.
