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'''Feizal Valli''' is an artist who relocated to [[Birmingham]] from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in [[2005]]. He created an installation entitled "Mission Accomplished" in the 22-foot-long front window of his ground floor apartment in the [[Pheonix Lofts]] at 1710 [[2nd Avenue North]]. "Mission Accomplished" is composed of toy soldiers -- one for each casualty among U.S. soldiers in Iraq. A small label, reading "Mission Accomplished" locates the point in the death toll at which President Bush declared victory from the flight deck of the ''USS Lincoln'' on May 1, 2003.
'''Feizal Valli''' is a bartender and artist who relocated to [[Birmingham]] from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in [[2005]].
 
Valli worked as a bar manager for a Bourbon Street strip club and later opened his own bar in South Africa. He returned to New Orleans and worked at Emeril Lagasse's NOLA restaurant until Katrina forced him to move. He has tended bar at [[Highlands Bar and Grill]], [[Cafe Dupont]], [[26]] and [[Hot & Hot Fish Club]].
 
In [[2006]] Valli created an installation entitled "Mission Accomplished" in the 22-foot-long front window of his ground floor apartment in the [[Pheonix Lofts]] at 1710 [[2nd Avenue North]]. "Mission Accomplished" was composed of toy soldiers -- one for each casualty among U.S. soldiers in Iraq. A small label, reading "Mission Accomplished" located the point in the death toll at which President Bush declared victory from the flight deck of the ''USS Lincoln'' on May 1, 2003.
 
Valli is currently bar manager at [[Collins Bar]] on [[2nd Avenue North]].


==References==
==References==
* Short, Dale (June 29, 2006) "Toy Soldiers: Window installation shows the casualties of war one life at a time." ''Birmingham Weekly.''
* Short, Dale (June 29, 2006) "Toy Soldiers: Window installation shows the casualties of war one life at a time." ''Birmingham Weekly.''
* Short, Dale (June 8, 2006) "[http://www.wbhm.org/Tapestry/June08-06.html Art on the battlefield]". Interview with Faizal Valli.
* Short, Dale (June 8, 2006) "[http://www.wbhm.org/Tapestry/June08-06.html Art on the battlefield]". Interview with Faizal Valli.
* Hornbucklr, M. David (January 3, 2014) "[http://whiskeythief.net/2014/01/03/bartender-profiles-feizal-valli/ Bartender Profiles: Feizal Valli]". The Whiskey Thief - accessed January 4, 2014


==External link==
==External link==

Revision as of 16:41, 4 January 2014

Feizal Valli is a bartender and artist who relocated to Birmingham from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Valli worked as a bar manager for a Bourbon Street strip club and later opened his own bar in South Africa. He returned to New Orleans and worked at Emeril Lagasse's NOLA restaurant until Katrina forced him to move. He has tended bar at Highlands Bar and Grill, Cafe Dupont, 26 and Hot & Hot Fish Club.

In 2006 Valli created an installation entitled "Mission Accomplished" in the 22-foot-long front window of his ground floor apartment in the Pheonix Lofts at 1710 2nd Avenue North. "Mission Accomplished" was composed of toy soldiers -- one for each casualty among U.S. soldiers in Iraq. A small label, reading "Mission Accomplished" located the point in the death toll at which President Bush declared victory from the flight deck of the USS Lincoln on May 1, 2003.

Valli is currently bar manager at Collins Bar on 2nd Avenue North.

References

  • Short, Dale (June 29, 2006) "Toy Soldiers: Window installation shows the casualties of war one life at a time." Birmingham Weekly.
  • Short, Dale (June 8, 2006) "Art on the battlefield". Interview with Faizal Valli.
  • Hornbucklr, M. David (January 3, 2014) "Bartender Profiles: Feizal Valli". The Whiskey Thief - accessed January 4, 2014

External link

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