Contemporary Gabbeh rug by Rahim Walizada, Chuk Palu - Afghanistan

Rahim Walizada, the founder of Chuk Palu, is an artist and designer for whom the attainment of beauty embodies both the reason and the necessity for producing art. Walizada comes from three generations of craftspersons and antique dealers. An appreciation of the nature of materials is inherent to his outlook on the world. His work acquires its form and substance from beyond, or despite, war. His carpets (exhibited at the 2005 Venice Biennale), fabrics, designs for houses, hotels and restaurants, majolicas and interiors are all “completely Afghan”, from their conception to the labour used to make or build them.

Dimensions: 51.5" x 74"