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Chitra Ganesh, Ammammammammamma, 2021

Chitra Ganesh

Ammammammammamma, 2021
Acrylic, porcelain, cowrie shells, glass, and fabric on paper
131.1 x 108.3 cm
51 5/8 x 42 5/8 in
Framed: 142.1 x 119.9 x 5.2 cm
56 x 47 1/4 x 2 1/8 in
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Ganesh’s explorations of mythologies and narrative traditions bring important historical conversations to the contemporary moment. In nonlinear narratives and richly layered visual worlds, Ganesh subverts traditional storytelling to create women...
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Ganesh’s explorations of mythologies and narrative traditions bring important
historical conversations to the contemporary moment. In nonlinear narratives and
richly layered visual worlds, Ganesh subverts traditional storytelling to create women
and queer centric narratives of the future. She draws out alternative depictions of
sexuality and power from popular stories and histories, highlighting the accounts
of female protagonists, which have often been subsumed or marginalized by plot
lines that reproduce the contours of majoritarian power. In Ganesh’s work, women
and queer characters become the protagonists, actively shaping their futures. She
encourages the viewer to see what was always there – what was once in the ‘margins
of a mythic history’ is brought to the foreground.

In new works Ganesh creates beautiful respite, weaving everyday life with the
magical, speaking to quiet, playful moments of human connection. The erotic runs
as a current through all of the pieces, as a great source of power and creative energy
that is physical and psychic.

In Ammammammammamma (2021) a girl is surrounded by thought bubbles which
repeat the words ‘Mother’ pronounced Amma in the Tamil language. This work was
extracted from a longer comic-style piece made at the beginning of the pandemic,
entitled Anima Mundi.
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Exhibitions

Chitra Ganesh: Astral Dance, Contemporary Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2022-23
Nightswimmers, Hales New York, NY, USA, 2021-2022
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