File Room [2]

Photography and Media

2011

Dayanita Singh
Indian, born 1961

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

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Dayanita Singh
Title: File Room [2]
Place: India (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 2011
Medium: Inkjet print
Dimensions: Image, approx: 38 × 38 cm (15 × 15 in.); frame: 59.7 × 59.9 × 3.8 cm (23 9/16 × 23 5/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Meredith and Akhil Sharma
Reference Number: 2018.172b

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