Dayanita Singh — портрет

Индия · 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, отпечаток 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, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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, отпечаток 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, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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, отпечаток 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, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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

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

1991, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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

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

1992, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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

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

1992, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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, отпечаток 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, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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, отпечаток 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, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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

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

1994, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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, отпечаток 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, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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, отпечаток 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, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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, отпечаток 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, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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, отпечаток 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, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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

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

1999, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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, отпечаток 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, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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

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

1999, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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, отпечаток 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, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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, отпечаток 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, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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, отпечаток 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, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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, отпечаток 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, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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

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

2000, отпечаток 2008 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

Без названия, Dayanita Singh, 2006

Без названия

2006 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

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

Без названия, from the series "Dream Villa" (2010)

2007 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

File Room [4], Dayanita Singh, 2011

File Room [4]

2011 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

File Room [3], Dayanita Singh, 2011

File Room [3]

2011 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

File Room [1], Dayanita Singh, 2011

File Room [1]

2011 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

File Room [5], Dayanita Singh, 2011

File Room [5]

2011 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

File Room, Dayanita Singh, 2011

File Room

2011 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

File Room [2], Dayanita Singh, 2011

File Room [2]

2011 · Не выставлена · Чикагский институт искусств

Museum of Chance, Dayanita Singh, 2013

Museum of Chance

2013 · Не выставлена · Музей современного искусства

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

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

2014 · Не выставлена · Музей современного искусства