Here’s a war rug acquired recently by one of our readers which exhibits a very complex set of interactions between image elements – some of which derive from traditional forms, intersected with narrative passages which depict armed conflict.
Some of the mixage of imagery, through different scales in each
register, is really challenging to our “Western” sense of perspective.
We’ve seen animals within animals many times…
…but certainly never a snake emerging from the ammunition
belt of a heavy machine gun…
