Ohida Khandakar

Dream of the Moro

Darkness of the Dark (series view), watercolor on paper, 8 x 10 inches each, 2017. Five panels displayed in a horizontal row depicting shrouded figures — some seated, some reclining — on decorative rugs. Their bodies are rendered as dense, dark silhouettes with patterned textile details, set against pale, bloodstained washes. Strange organic or fungal forms punctuate the compositions.

Watercolour and golden foil on paper, 16 × 24 inches each, 2018. Two panels rendered in the tradition of South Asian miniature painting — a veiled woman carrying a naked infant; a man in traditional dress holding a pistol in one hand and a red rose in the other.

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Watercolour and golden foil on paper, 16 × 24 inches each, 2018

Dream of the Moro (panel 1), watercolour and golden foil on paper, 16 x 24 inches, 2018. A veiled woman dressed in an elaborately patterned dark robe and niqab carries a naked infant in one arm and a structured handbag in the other, depicted in a flat, frontal style recalling South Asian miniature painting on raw, wrinkled paper.
Dream of the Moro (panel 2), watercolour and golden foil on paper, 16 x 24 inches, 2018. A solitary male figure in traditional dress — wide floral skirt, embroidered boots, and cross-body strap — holds a pistol in one hand and a small red rose in the other, rendered in fine line drawing with minimal colour washes on raw paper.

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