Abala, from the portfolio Beloved Daughters

© 2008, Fazal Sheikh

Abala, from the portfolio Beloved Daughters

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South Asian Art

Abala, from the portfolio Beloved Daughters,

2008

Fazal Sheikh, born 1965, New York, NY; active New York, NY and Zurich, Switzerland
2008-1058.30
Sheikh’s portfolio Beloved Daughters comprises thirty images made to raise awareness of the perils of abuse and poverty that many women on the Indian subcontinent suffer. Sheikh documents cruel gender inequalities as a cycle of life: starting with the abandonment of a newborn followed by the lack of access to education, abuse suffered at the hands of family and spouse, and, finally, the painful loneliness of widowhood.

Information

Title
Abala, from the portfolio Beloved Daughters
Dates

2008

Maker
Fazal Sheikh
Medium
Offset print
Dimensions
48.5 × 33.6 cm (19 1/8 × 13 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Object Number
2008-1058.30
Place Made

Asia, India

Inscription
Printed bottom center: © Fazal Sheikh. Printed in partnership with ActionAid India, The Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, and the Open Society Institute. www.fazalsheikh.org
Culture
American
Type
offset lithographs, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Materials
lithographic ink
Techniques
offset lithography
Subject
Indian, women, figures (representations)

The artist; given to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2008.

Abala

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