Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski and Chitra Ganesh in conversation

Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski and Chitra Ganesh sat down to

have this conversation together via Zoom on November

8th, 2020. This exchange, originally planned for March, had

been postponed along with the exhibition due to COVID-19

shutdowns across the United States. They recorded this

conversation in the midst of the US election week, and held

space for the following curiosities.

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Chitra Ganesh and Tausif Noor, BOMB 2020

Ancient mythologies, popular folklore, queer futurisms: in the art of Chitra Ganesh, these seemingly disparate elements swirl together in fantastic combinations as pathways for reconfiguring the present.

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Chitra Ganesh by Rahel Aima, 4 Columns, 2018

It’s the late nineteenth century in the British Raj. In my colonial tropical fantasy it’s a swampy, starry night. A fancy begum, an aristocratic lady, is reclining in a cane-and-Burma-teak easy chair.

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Artforum Review of The Scorpion Gesture, Rubin Museum, October 2018

As part of the Rubin Museum of Art’s yearlong exploration of the “future,” Brooklyn-based artist Chitra Ganesh took inspiration from the institution’s collection of Tibetan art to examine how the dystopic present can be changed fora better tomorrow in two separate, yet connected, exhibitions.

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