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Hill of the Dragon Lily and Those Innocent People (Series 3)

Niloofar Chaman1992

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Niloofar Chaman is an artist based in Chittagong, Bangladesh. On a hill near the house where the artist once lived, a giant lily called a Dragon Lily would produce its stunning blooms. However, one morning, laborers arrived there to hack off the lilies for a development plan. The slashed and damaged lilies, the hill devoid of green, and the innocent laborers who merely follow orders to chop them down--the delicate and gentle blue stipple that seems to enwrap the vulnerable in both nature and man, is an expression of the artist's empathetic gaze.

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  • Title: Hill of the Dragon Lily and Those Innocent People (Series 3)
  • Creator: Niloofar Chaman
  • Date: 1992
  • Physical Dimensions: w245.2 x h183 cm
  • Type: oil on canvas
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

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