Ohida Khandakar

Darkness of the Dark

The Golden Daughter (triptych view), photo color and gold foil leaf on paper, 12 x 17 inches each, 2021. Three panels displayed side by side: at left, a male figure in Mughal-style courtly dress holding a small doll; at center, a lone flower on a long stem rising from gold-foil earth against a deep red-washed ground; at right, a female figure in ornate dress carrying a child on her shoulders, rendered in a South Asian miniature painting tradition with gold foil accents.

Watercolour on paper, 8 × 10 inches each, 2017. Five panels depicting shrouded figures on decorative rugs — dense dark silhouettes with patterned textile details set against pale, bloodstained washes.

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Watercolour on paper, 8 × 10 inches each, 2017

Darkness of the Dark (series view), watercolour 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.

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