India · 1961–
Dayanita Singh
- 31in de catalogus
- 0nu te zien
- 2collecties
- 1land
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 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
We have the same gestures, even though Ayesha was not born from my stomach, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
1991, printed 2008 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
Taking Ayesha to school, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
1992, printed 2008 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
We lie around like a normal mother and daughter, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
1992, printed 2008 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
To bless the newborn child, I am dancing in front of the house, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
1994, printed 2008 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
In December 1998 the deppression started and has refused to leave me ever since, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
1999, printed 2008 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
My rabbit Moti (Pearl) that the cats ate up a few days later, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
1999, printed 2008 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
Chaman invited us to Faridabad in order to impress Dayanita with his new house, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
2000, printed 2008 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
Untitled
2006 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
Untitled, from the series "Dream Villa" (2010)
2007 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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File Room [4]
2011 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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File Room [3]
2011 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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File Room [1]
2011 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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File Room [5]
2011 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
File Room
2011 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
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File Room [2]
2011 · Niet te zien · Art Institute of Chicago
Museum of Chance
2013 · Niet te zien · Museum of Modern Art
Dear Mr. Walter - Mona and Myself (for Parkett no. 95)
2014 · Niet te zien · Museum of Modern Art