Multiverse Dreaming, 2020-21
Even in Winter, 2021
Archival digital print53.3 x 78.1 cm
21 x 30 3/4 in
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
(C_GAN0048)
Multiverse Dreaming, 2021
Archival digital print53.6 x 69 cm
21 1/8 x 27 1/8 in
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
(C_GAN0049)
Battle With Myself, 2021
Archival digital print38.1 x 70.8 cm
15 x 27 7/8 in
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
(C_GAN0050)
The Ecstasy of Others, 2021
Archival digital print70.3 x 56.3 cm
27 11/16 x 22 3/16 in
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
(C_GAN0055)
Sparkles, 2021
Archival digital print53.3 x 106.6 cm
21 x 42 in
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
(C_GAN0056)
When A Girl Is Terrified She Might Run For Her Life, 2021
Archival digital print46.9 x 59.6 cm
18 1/2 x 23 1/2 in
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
(C_GAN0057)
Cat Meditation and Mirrored Fields, 2021
Archival digital print53.3 x 78.7 cm
21 x 31 in
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
(C_GAN0062)
Double Pool Dream, 2021
Archival digital print78.4 x 58.7 cm
30 7/8 x 23 1/8 in
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
(C_GAN0058)
Chitra Ganesh
Combing Hair on Balcony, 2021Archival digital print
47.9 x 68.8cm
18 7/8 x 27 x 1/8 in
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
(C_GAN0060)
Black Rose, 2021
Archival digital print35.5 x 41.9 cm
14 x 16 1/2 in
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
(C_GAN0059)
Yellow Cloud Dreaming, 2021
Archival digital print45 x 63.5 cm
17 3/4 x 25 in
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
(C_GAN0061)
Chitra Ganesh
Multiverse Dreaming, 2020-2021
Archival digital print in twelve (12) parts
Dimensions variable
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
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‘Multiverse Dreaming’ (2021), a suite of twelve digital prints of varying sizes, forms Chitra Ganesh’s fourth complete comic series and a continuation of a larger body of work inspired by...
‘Multiverse Dreaming’ (2021), a suite of twelve digital prints of varying sizes, forms Chitra Ganesh’s fourth complete comic series and a continuation of a larger body of work inspired by the Amar Chitra Katha, a popular comic book composed of Indian mythologies and epic Indian historical tales.
Ganesh’s deliberately non-linear narrative centers on themes of reflection and regeneration in times of uncertainty, and is situated cyclically in time at the intersection of winter and spring. Informed, in part, by an increased sense of solitude over the course of a pandemic, the work also considers the power of collective dreams, collective consciousness and universally held archetypes that are both primordial and future-facing.
The characters and imagery throughout the series draw on broad-ranging symbols of rebirth, including Birth of Venus, Mami Wata, Mahishasura Mardini, figures from tarot, Jung’s anima, the phoenix and other icons of femininity and power. ‘Multiverse Dreaming’ is also inspired by Iconologia, a book by Cesare Ripa from 1593 which explores traditions of articulating moral emblems and psychic states in figurative form.
‘Multiverse Dreaming’ is in the collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY.
Ganesh’s deliberately non-linear narrative centers on themes of reflection and regeneration in times of uncertainty, and is situated cyclically in time at the intersection of winter and spring. Informed, in part, by an increased sense of solitude over the course of a pandemic, the work also considers the power of collective dreams, collective consciousness and universally held archetypes that are both primordial and future-facing.
The characters and imagery throughout the series draw on broad-ranging symbols of rebirth, including Birth of Venus, Mami Wata, Mahishasura Mardini, figures from tarot, Jung’s anima, the phoenix and other icons of femininity and power. ‘Multiverse Dreaming’ is also inspired by Iconologia, a book by Cesare Ripa from 1593 which explores traditions of articulating moral emblems and psychic states in figurative form.
‘Multiverse Dreaming’ is in the collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY.
Exhibitions
Chitra Ganesh: Dreaming in Multiverse, Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Art, Miami, FL (2023)
Chitra Ganesh: Dreaming in Multiverse, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (2022)
Born In Flames: Feminist Futures, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA (2021)