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Museum of Chance by Dayanita Singh — VisualArtsDB

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Museum of Chance

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Museum of Chance

2013

Medium: 162 inkjet prints and teak structures
Dimensions: Dimensions variable
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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File Room [3]

File Room [3]

Dayanita Singh, 2011

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

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

Dayanita Singh, 1992

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"

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

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

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

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

Dayanita Singh, 1999

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

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 [5]

File Room [5]

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

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

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"

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

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

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

Dayanita Singh, 1992