{"id":15791,"date":"2026-01-15T11:57:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/?p=15791"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:08:57","slug":"surviving-shadows-exhibition-at-apexart-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/surviving-shadows-exhibition-at-apexart-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;SURVIVING SHADOWS&#8221;, exhibition at apexart NYC | JAN 16 to MAR 14"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15791\" class=\"elementor elementor-15791\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4b0dbf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4b0dbf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6e0d20\" data-id=\"f6e0d20\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e419fd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e419fd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8220;If an entire nation&#8217;s artistic voice is compelled to keep silent, what will happen? A voice doesn&#8217;t just vanish away though, it changes and sings below the surface and finds new kinds of codes.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><p>It&#8217;s with these words that Afghan artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/participant\/yama-rahimi\/\">Yama Rahimi<\/a> presents &#8220;Surviving Shadows &#8211; Afghan Art in the Face of Suppression&#8221; opening this week on January 16th 2026 at <a href=\"https:\/\/apexart.org\/\">apexart in NYC.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ce8b6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ce8b6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Surviving-Shadows-Afghan-Art-in-the-Face-of-Suppression.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15795\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Surviving-Shadows-Afghan-Art-in-the-Face-of-Suppression.png 981w, https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Surviving-Shadows-Afghan-Art-in-the-Face-of-Suppression-300x285.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Surviving-Shadows-Afghan-Art-in-the-Face-of-Suppression-768x730.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a0fa6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a0fa6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This exhibition, curated by Yama, presents images of pieces that were destroyed, artworks that remain in Afghanistan, art smuggled out of the country, and creations of Afghan artists in exile. One of the 2024 ArtsLink Fellows who did their residencies in the US (At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnumfoundation.org\/\">Magnum Foundation<\/a> for him), Yama is a contemporary artist and activist from Afghanistan. His work is informed by a deep involvement in migrant and women\u2019s rights issues and encompasses video, conceptual photography, and experimental short film. Yama has been living in Germany since 2015.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fee4774 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fee4774\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/farshad-1024x716.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15792\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/farshad-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/farshad-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/farshad-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/farshad-1536x1073.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/farshad.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Akbari Farshad, What is your dream?, mixed media on wood panel, 60x60 cm, 2024 (detail)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d80b32e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d80b32e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-469632a\" data-id=\"469632a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db7d023 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db7d023\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the wake of the Taliban&#8217;s return to power on August 15, 2021, Afghanistan&#8217;s artists found themselves thrust into a suffocating darkness. Overnight, the spaces where creativity once flourished were shuttered, replaced by a regime of censorship that views artistic expression as a threat. Music fell silent, performances ceased, and cultural heritage sites faced destruction. For those who dared to create, art became both salvation and peril: a means of liberation that could cost them everything.<\/p><p>This exhibition bears witness to an artistic community torn apart yet unbroken. It tells the story of artists forced to make impossible choices: some fled to Germany, France, and the United States, clutching fragments of their work; others remain in Afghanistan, creating in secret despite the mortal danger. Many destroyed their own pieces to protect their families, while countless works were lost to looting, deliberate destruction, or abandoned in desperate flight. Yet through it all, Afghan art survives, hidden in safe houses, smuggled across borders, preserved in photographs, or reimagined in exile.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35142cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35142cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fatimah_Hossaini_BeautyAmidstTheShadowsOfWar.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15793\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fatimah_Hossaini_BeautyAmidstTheShadowsOfWar.png 979w, https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fatimah_Hossaini_BeautyAmidstTheShadowsOfWar-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fatimah_Hossaini_BeautyAmidstTheShadowsOfWar-768x635.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Fatimah Hossaini, Beauty Amidst the Shadows of War, 2015 - 2021<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ce8615 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ce8615\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yama&#8217;s curation presents a haunting archive of resistance. Here are images of destroyed masterpieces, works that remain concealed within Afghanistan&#8217;s borders, art carried in suitcase journeys to freedom, and new creations born in displacement. Through paintings, photographs, videos, text, and personal testimonies gathered during harrowing evacuations, the exhibition documents not just oppression, but the extraordinary resilience of those who refuse to be silenced. It is a living archive that ensures Afghan artists&#8217; voices will endure, honoring both those who stayed and those who left, while preserving their creative struggle for future generations to understand the contemporary Afghan artistic landscape.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eaefcae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eaefcae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e603e56\" data-id=\"e603e56\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d718264 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d718264\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-483f9db\" data-id=\"483f9db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d2809 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21d2809\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ayatollah_Ahmadi_QorsEJan-1024x943.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15794\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ayatollah_Ahmadi_QorsEJan-1024x943.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ayatollah_Ahmadi_QorsEJan-300x276.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ayatollah_Ahmadi_QorsEJan-768x707.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ayatollah_Ahmadi_QorsEJan.png 1225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ayatollah Ahmadi, Qors e jan, 2020, Plastic Arts \u2013 Sculpture, 11,8 X 11,8 inches.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05b1561 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05b1561\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-025b42e\" data-id=\"025b42e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b444054 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b444054\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Surviving Shadows &#8211; Afghan Art in the Face of Suppression&#8221;<br \/>Opening Friday, January 16, 6pm &#8211; 8pm<br \/>apexart: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/way\/249842313\">291 Church St. New York, NY 10013<\/a> <br \/>On view until March 14, 2026<\/p><p>With:<br \/>Angela Gulistani<br \/>Ayatollah Ahmadi<br \/>Jahan Ara Rafi<br \/>Jeanno Gaussi<br \/>Maryam Gholam Ali<br \/>Fatimah Hossaini<br \/>Farshad Akbari<br \/>Waisuddin Mohammadi<br \/>10 Anonymous Afghanistan based artists<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-314627a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"314627a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Events in relation to the exhibition<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed4b1da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed4b1da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Jan 16th, 3pm EST: Online Curatorial Tour<\/strong><br \/>Lead by Yama Rahimi, a live online event presenting and discussing the exhibition.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/surviving-shadows-online-curatorial-tour-tickets-1980108071545\">More info here.<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Feb 10th, 1pm EST: Inside, Outside, and In Between: Afghan Artists on Art Under Suppression<\/strong><br \/>Discussion: Artists from Afghanistan and the diaspora speak on creativity and survival under repression.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apexart.org\/rahimidiscuss.php\">More info here<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong>Mar 5th, 7pm: Shot the Voice of Freedom<\/strong><br \/>Screening and discussion of Shot the Voice of Freedom, a documentary following two Afghan sisters who resist the Taliban\u2019s harsh restrictions on their rights and futures.\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apexart.org\/rahimiscreening.php\">More info here.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opening on January 16th, &#8216;Surviving Shadows &#8211; 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