Safdar Ahmed sketchbooks and drawings for 'Still Alive'

PXD 1638

fonds

2011-2021

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Prints

9680004

3 sketchbooks (140 drawings)
26 drawings - pen and ink, pencil - 36 x 28 cm and smaller
23 prints - 43 x 62 cm and smaller

Safdar Ahmed is a Sydney-based artist and academic whose work explores issues of representation, belonging and human rights with a focus on Islamic culture. He studied at the National Art School and, in 2010, completed a PhD from the University of Sydney. He is a founding member of Refugee Art Project and regularly holds art workshops with asylum seekers and refugees in the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre. His graphic novel, Still Alive, was published in 2021.

Source:
Safdar Ahmed. Accessed 5 April 2024. https://safdarahmed.com/

Created and compiled by the artist. The graphic panel prints were exhibited in 'Panels That Transform', Macquarie University Art Gallery, 2021.

3 sketchbooks containing 140 drawings, 26 loose drawings and 23 prints and graphic panel reproductions illustrated by Safdar Ahmed for the graphic novel Still Alive, which documents the artist's experiences visiting the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre. It examines Australia's refugee detention policies and procedures and explores the moral despondency these policies can evoke through parallels with the horror genre.

Loose drawings and prints retained in original order. Original drawings housed in separate internal box.

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Safdar Ahmed
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Date based on information from artist about the development of Still Alive up until publication in 2021.