The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Fortuneteller
2014
(American, b. 1975)
printer and publisher
Sheet: 65.7 x 56.5 cm (25 7/8 x 22 1/4 in.); Image: 60.4 x 50.4 cm (23 3/4 x 19 13/16 in.)
Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund 2020.288.1
© Chitra Ganesh/Durham Press, 2014
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.- 2014-2020(Durham Press, Durham, PA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)2020-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Women in Print: Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 16-June 19, 2022).
- {{cite web|title=Fortuneteller|url=false|author=Chitra Ganesh, Durham Press|year=2014|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.288.1