THE HOUSE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN. (SIGNED)

LANGLANDS, Ben, Niki Bell.

ISBN 10: 0500285659 / ISBN 13: 9780500285657

Published by Thames & Hudson,, London,, 2005

About this Item

First Paperback Edition. Large 8vo. Paperback. Copiously illustrated in colour throughout. Signed by the author on the title page. ISBN: 0500285659 Pages: 300 Slight rubbing, otherwise very good.

Seller Inventory # C69085

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE HOUSE OF OSAMA BIN LADEN. (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson,, London,
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500285659
• ISBN 13: 9780500285657
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signedes
• Seller catalogs:
  • Afghanistan

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Synopsis

Since the atrocity of September 11 2001, Osama bin Laden has attained a quasi-mythical status. Is he the evil mastermind of a global terror network, a media-savvy holy warrior, or simply a devil of our own creation? What kind of world gives rise to such a figure? In October 2002 Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell spent two weeks in Afghanistan as war artists researching the aftermath of September 11 and the war in Afghanistan for the Imperial War Museum in London. They visited a diverse range of locations, including Bagram, the main American air base, where General Franks was on a flying visit to see his troops; Bamyan, the site of the giant Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban; the Supreme Court in Kabul, where they attended and filmed the first capital trial since the fall of the Taliban and, after a long and difficult journey, the former home of Osama bin Laden at Daruntah. This book illustrates and documents the artists' journey to Afghanistan by means of their own photographs and diary entries, interspersed with the artworks made on their return to England, which have won them the BAFTA award for Interactive Arts Installation and a nomination for the 2004 Turner Prize.

About the Author

Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell began their collaboration in 1978 while studying Fine Art at Middlesex Polytechnic. Their artworks can now be found in the collections of numerous museums and art galleries around the world.