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File Room [5] by Dayanita Singh — VisualArtsDB

File Room [5]

File Room [5]

2011

Medium: Inkjet print
Dimensions: Image, approx: 38 × 38 cm (15 × 15 in.); 59.7 × 59.9 × 3.8 cm (23 9/16 × 23 5/8 × 1 1/2 in.); frame: 59.7 × 59.9 × 3.8 cm (23 9/16 × 23 5/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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In India, archivists design their own structures, whether it be metal or wood, and most of the time also design their own catalogue systems. I find the thought of the secrets and knowledge contained in all that paper deeply moving.—Dayanita Singh, 2013

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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"

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

File Room

File Room

Dayanita Singh, 2011

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

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

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

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

Dayanita Singh, 2007

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

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

Dayanita Singh, 1994

File Room [2]

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Dayanita Singh, 2011

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"

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

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

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

File Room [3]

File Room [3]

Dayanita Singh, 2011

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"

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

Untitled

Untitled

Dayanita Singh, 2006

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

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

Dayanita Singh, 2000