Dayanita Singh
Indian, born 1961
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"
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Dayanita Singh
Indian, born 19611999, printed 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"
Dayanita Singh Indian, born 1961 →21st Centuryphotographphotography
Date
1999, printed 2008
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
30.5 × 45.7 cm (12 × 18 in., image); 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in., paper)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Photography Associates and Contemporary Art Discretionary Funds
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