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Paintings by Mahwish Chishty

Mahwish Chishty
Pakistani folk art and US drones collide in these ornate paintings by artist Mahwish Chishty. More than 2,000 people have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan since 2000. Chishty says the war triggered her imagination, and the resulting paintings are beautiful, disturbing, and deeply ironic.

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