Ohida Khandakar

The Golden Daughter

The Golden Daughter (triptych view), photo colour and gold foil leaf on paper, 12 × 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 centre, 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.

Photo colour and gold foil leaf on paper, 12 × 17 inches each, 2021. A triptych constructing a feminist ‘Herstory’ that subverts phallocentric logic — using gold leaf to illuminate the hidden spaces between masculinity and femininity.

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Photo colour and gold foil leaf on paper, 12 × 17 inches each, 2021

The Golden Daughter (triptych view), photo colour and gold foil leaf on paper, 12 × 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 centre, 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.
The Golden Daughter — triptych view

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