Intimacy of the Void

Series Title: Architects of the Future

2014

Chitra Ganesh

(American, b. 1975)

printer and publisher

Durham Press

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Culture

America

Medium

color screenprint and woodblock

Measurements

Sheet: 65.8 x 46 cm (25 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.); Image: 60.4 x 41 cm (23 3/4 x 16 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund 2020.288.4

State

Unique

Edition

Edition of 25

Impression

This artwork is known to be under copyright.

Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

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.