What about the Dead Fish?

This photographic reproduction was made in Vancouver for the exhibition "Traces of Words". The original was a mural painted on the ruins of the Russian Cultural Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, which has since been destroyed.

The text reads: "The water can come back to a dried-up river, but what about the fish that died?"

Small photograph printed on plexiglas, showing a mural painted on a building. A concrete staircase is at bottom left, against a grey decaying concrete wall with a brick under-layer showing through in several places. On the wall is painted a woman appearing to sit on the staircase, wearing a blue burka. On the right is a verse in Afghan Persian, using Perso-Arabic script. The artist’s initials (SH) are painted in blue below. Cans of spray paint can be seen sitting on the steps.