Inspired by the idea I have that Jihadis in Afghanistan often seem to “wear” their jihad, the fact that they’ve done jihad, similar to the way “gangsters” in the “West” wear their bling jewelry – as symbols and markers of wealth, be it political, economic, material, or personal; or in other words, the jihad is their bling. 

Conflict Bling Installation
mixed media (plastic pistol, barbed wire, chain, gold wash, fabric, wood & glass vitrines)

Conflict Bling Installation
mixed media (mobile phone, r.p.g. (discarded butterfly tail), chain, gold wash, fabric, wood & glass vitrines)

Conflict Bling Installation
mixed media (prosthetic leg, beige faux snake-skin shoes (fashionably kabul), gold wash, fabric, wood & glass vitrines)