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Series Title: Architects of the Future

City Inside Her

2014

Chitra Ganesh

(American, b. 1975)
printer and publisher

Durham Press

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Culture
America
Medium
color screenprint and woodblock
Measurements
Image: 60.4 x 107.5 cm (23 3/4 x 42 5/16 in.); Sheet: 65.7 x 112.5 cm (25 7/8 x 44 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund 2020.288.3
State
Unique
Edition
Edition of 25
Impression
3
Copyright
© Chitra Ganesh/Durham Press, 2014
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Chitra Ganesh describes her desire that prints such as this one will “create a mythology that poses questions rather than answers.”

Description

Chitra Ganesh mines her experiences as the daughter of Indian immigrants and the influence of Bollywood design throughout her work in various media, much of which explores feminist and queer issues. This print belongs to a series that forms a vague narrative related to desire and loss, set in a world outside of history and time. Ganesh drew from Amar Chitra Katha, comics published beginning in the 1960s to introduce Indian children to their cultural heritage. Placing the viewer in an unfamiliar context, the artist uses bodies, space, and history to invite questions about sexuality and power.
A horizontally oriented screenprint and woodblock print features a woman with medium skin tone facing us at the center. Dynamic, dark blue swirls speckled with yellow spiral from her eyes across a pink, wood-grained sky. To the right, a stone temple overlooks a dark cityscape, while an inverted building hangs from the top edge. Below, teal buildings and pink blossoms line the foreground. Bold black outlines create this surreal, layered composition.

City Inside Her

2014

Chitra Ganesh, Durham Press

(American, b. 1975)
America

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