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
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; sold through Nature Morte Berlin, Berlin, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Dayanita Singh," March 1–June 1, 2014. (Michal Raz-Russo)
Literature
Published references
- Matthew S. Witkovsky et al., "The Art Institute of Chicago Field Guide to Photography and Media," eds. Antawan I. Byrd, Elizabeth Siegel, and Carl Fuldner, pl. 168a, p. 185 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2023).
Comparables
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Myself Mona Ahmed
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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"
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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"
Art Institute of Chicago
Untitled, from the series "Dream Villa" (2010)
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"
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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"
Art Institute of Chicago
Untitled
Art Institute of Chicago
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