id:			417513
accession number:	2020.288.1
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.288.1
updated:		2023-08-24 01:44:22.367000

Architects of the Future: Fortuneteller, 2014. Chitra Ganesh (American, b. 1975), Durham Press. Color screenprint and woodblock; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund 2020.288.1 © Chitra Ganesh/Durham Press, 2014

title:				Fortuneteller
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series:				Architects of the Future
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creation date:			2014
creation date earliest:		2014
creation date latest:		2014
current location:		
creditline:			Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund
copyright:			© Chitra Ganesh/Durham Press, 2014

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culture:	America, 21st century
technique:	color screenprint and woodblock
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Screenprint
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Chitra Ganesh (American, b. 1975)  - artist

* Durham Press  - printer and publisher

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measurements: 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.)
state of the work:	Unique
edition of the work: 	Edition of 25

support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed, signed, and dated, at lower right, in graphite: 3/25 Chitra Ganesh 2014; embossed, at lower left: Durham Press chopmark; stamped on verso, in black ink: © 2014 Chitra Ganesh Durham Press, Inc.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Women in Print: Recent Acquisitions
	opening date:   2022-01-16T05:00:00
	<i>Women in Print: Recent Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 16-June 19, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Durham Press, Durham, PA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2014-2020
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020-
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fun fact:
Chitra Ganesh describes her desire that prints such as this one will “create a mythology that poses questions rather than answers.”

digital 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 <em>Amar Chitra Katha</em>, 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.

wall description:
The daughter of Indian immigrants, Chitra Ganesh often references personal experience and Bollywood (Hindi cinema) design to consider feminist and queer issues. This series features a vague narrative related to desire and loss, guided by text written by the artist and set in a world outside of history and time. Ganesh drew inspiration from Amar Chitra Katha comics, published beginning in the 1960s to introduce Indian children to their cultural heritage. Combining the familiarity of such illustrations with evocative but unexplained imagery, she invites us to contemplate the intersections of sexuality and power.
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