Which art books, prints and posters are available by and about this artist? Here is a sample of items of interest to a typical collector:
Dayanita Singh (born 1961, New Delhi) is an acclaimed Indian photographer and contemporary artist best known for radically redefining the photobook format, transforming it from a traditional catalog of images into an interactive, mobile exhibition space.
Singh operates at the intersection of photography, publishing, and archiving. Rather than treating photographs as singular prints hanging statically on gallery walls, she emphasizes the physical book as the primary exhibition space and a structural object. Her approach centers on:
Singh designs and constructs modular wooden structures and folding teak screens that house her photographs, essentially turning the display apparatus into the art piece itself. She creates miniature, accordion-fold books designed to be manipulated, re-sequenced, and exhibited dynamically by the viewer in their own domestic spaces. Drawing extensively from her own vast archive of imagery spanning decades of photographing Indian society, domestic spaces, and vernacular objects, she continually re-edits and reshuffles her work. By rejecting fixed timelines and rigid narratives, she explores how meaning and form shift through constant juxtaposition.
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Singh's work has been exhibited globally, with her mobile museums occupying major institutions worldwide. She is the recipient of the prestigious Hasselblad Award (2022). Her photographs and structural installations are held in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
