Delhi-based artist Ayesha Singh designs the tent facade for the 16th edition of the Indian Art Fair (IAF) to highlight the overlooked contributions of women in architecture. Her installation covers a vast area and uses architectural photographs of significant women architects and patrons to challenge perceptions of history. Singh's approach manipulates perspectives and encourages visitors to question the construction of historical narratives, particularly those that neglect women's roles. This work invites a reflection on the broader implications of historical omissions in cultural heritage.
The installation will turn IAF's four tents into a dizzying monochromatic visual field... to question the very 'construction of perspectives'.
Singh's practice...manipulate vanishing points, collapsing singular perspectives to represent multiple histories and narratives.
She will address the metaphorical barrenness of India's historical narrative by identifying significant gaps in the recording of women's contributions.
Many architects present a compelling story on a building's surface, but leave the back barren—much like the selective way history is often understood.
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