Dayanita Singh — 肖像

インド · 1961–

Dayanita Singh

My first year of happiness in my life was with Ayesha, never before had I been so happy, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1990, printed 2008

My first year of happiness in my life was with Ayesha, never before had I been so happy, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1990, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

To my left is my Guru Chaman, and to my right is my guru's eunuch brother Dugi, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1990, printed 2008

To my left is my Guru Chaman, and to my right is my guru's eunuch brother Dugi, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1990, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

Ayesha fulfilled my dream of becoming a mother, so I celebrated her first birthday for 3 days and 3 nights and invited over 2000 eunuchs from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1990, printed 2008

Ayesha fulfilled my dream of becoming a mother, so I celebrated her first birthday for 3 days and 3 nights and invited over 2000 eunuchs from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1990, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

We have the same gestures, even though Ayesha was not born from my stomach, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1991, printed 2008

We have the same gestures, even though Ayesha was not born from my stomach, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1991, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

Taking Ayesha to school, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1992, printed 2008

Taking Ayesha to school, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1992, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

We lie around like a normal mother and daughter, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1992, printed 2008

We lie around like a normal mother and daughter, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1992, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

For Ayesha's third birthday, we hired a live band and dressed Ayesha like an English girl, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1993, printed 2008

For Ayesha's third birthday, we hired a live band and dressed Ayesha like an English girl, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1993, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

When I went to give blessings, I loved to talk to the women and to hear their joys and sorrows, , from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1994, printed 2008

When I went to give blessings, I loved to talk to the women and to hear their joys and sorrows, , from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1994, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

To bless the newborn child, I am dancing in front of the house, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1994, printed 2008

To bless the newborn child, I am dancing in front of the house, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1994, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

I look like a sad Muslim woman after fighting with my guru Chaman. We went on a visit to the graveyard to show Ayesha the ducks, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1996, printed 2008

I look like a sad Muslim woman after fighting with my guru Chaman. We went on a visit to the graveyard to show Ayesha the ducks, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1996, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

When Chaman took Ayesha from me, I could not bear the pain, so I would go to the graveyard to tell my pain to the dead people and my only friend Dayanita who liked the old Hindi film songs that I sang for her, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1998, printed 2008

When Chaman took Ayesha from me, I could not bear the pain, so I would go to the graveyard to tell my pain to the dead people and my only friend Dayanita who liked the old Hindi film songs that I sang for her, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1998, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

When I started to live in the graveyard, my own blood family thought I was crazy and admitted me to the mental asylum. I came here because I could not bear the false glamor of city life. I hated the pretense that people put on, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1998, printed 2008

When I started to live in the graveyard, my own blood family thought I was crazy and admitted me to the mental asylum. I came here because I could not bear the false glamor of city life. I hated the pretense that people put on, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1998, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

When I went to meet Ayesha, Chaman had me tortured by the police. In my pain I ran to Dayanita’s house to make a record of my pain, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1998, printed 2008

When I went to meet Ayesha, Chaman had me tortured by the police. In my pain I ran to Dayanita’s house to make a record of my pain, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1998, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

In December 1998 the deppression started and has refused to leave me ever since, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1999, printed 2008

In December 1998 the deppression started and has refused to leave me ever since, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1999, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

Chaman tries to humor Ayesha before taking her away. I fear that she will make Ayesha into a singing girl, and I wanted to make her an educated and respectable woman, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1999, printed 2008

Chaman tries to humor Ayesha before taking her away. I fear that she will make Ayesha into a singing girl, and I wanted to make her an educated and respectable woman, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1999, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

My rabbit Moti (Pearl) that the cats ate up a few days later, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1999, printed 2008

My rabbit Moti (Pearl) that the cats ate up a few days later, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1999, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

My beautiful monkey Shabnam (my eunuch brother’s name) that was killed by the Muslims. They said a monkey is a Hindu god and therefore cannot live in a Muslim graveyard. So they poisoned him, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1999, printed 2008

My beautiful monkey Shabnam (my eunuch brother’s name) that was killed by the Muslims. They said a monkey is a Hindu god and therefore cannot live in a Muslim graveyard. So they poisoned him, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1999, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

I started to dislike humans so much that I started to adore animals and made my family of animals. I had one Doberman, one monkey, four rabbits, two dozen ducks, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 1999, printed 2008

I started to dislike humans so much that I started to adore animals and made my family of animals. I had one Doberman, one monkey, four rabbits, two dozen ducks, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1999, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

Suddenly, I felt better. Maybe it was the magic of the old woman, or the gods took pity on me, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 2000, printed 2008

Suddenly, I felt better. Maybe it was the magic of the old woman, or the gods took pity on me, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

2000, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

I try so hard to please Ayesha, to make jokes. To win her back I even bought a computer, but . . ., from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 2000, printed 2008

I try so hard to please Ayesha, to make jokes. To win her back I even bought a computer, but . . ., from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

2000, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

Chaman invited us to Faridabad in order to impress Dayanita with his new house, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed", Dayanita Singh, 2000, printed 2008

Chaman invited us to Faridabad in order to impress Dayanita with his new house, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

2000, printed 2008 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

Untitled, Dayanita Singh, 2006

Untitled

2006 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

Untitled, from the series "Dream Villa" (2010), Dayanita Singh, 2007

Untitled, from the series "Dream Villa" (2010)

2007 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

File Room [4], Dayanita Singh, 2011

File Room [4]

2011 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

File Room [3], Dayanita Singh, 2011

File Room [3]

2011 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

File Room [1], Dayanita Singh, 2011

File Room [1]

2011 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

File Room [5], Dayanita Singh, 2011

File Room [5]

2011 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

File Room, Dayanita Singh, 2011

File Room

2011 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

File Room [2], Dayanita Singh, 2011

File Room [2]

2011 · 非展示 · シカゴ美術館

Museum of Chance, Dayanita Singh, 2013

Museum of Chance

2013 · 非展示 · ニューヨーク近代美術館

Dear Mr. Walter - Mona and Myself (for Parkett no. 95), Dayanita Singh, 2014

Dear Mr. Walter - Mona and Myself (for Parkett no. 95)

2014 · 非展示 · ニューヨーク近代美術館