Chitra Ganesh: A Universe of One’s Own
Art Asia Pacific, Issue 122, March/April 2021, by Mimi Wong.
Sitting atop a mattress on the floor of her studio apartment in New York City’s Ditmas Park district, Chitra Ganesh lamented being unable to properly host guests. “It’s so weird,” she said, her voice slightly muffled through her face mask. “I keep wanting to offer a cup of tea to people who come over.” Some six feet away, I perched on a blanket-draped futon, my own face partially hidden behind a mask. Although I had previously covered Ganesh’s 2018 dual exhibition “The Scorpion Gesture/Face of the Future” at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York, this was my first meeting with the visual artist, known for her futurist twist on feminist and queer mythologies.
Portrait of Chitra Ganesh with a work-in-progress in her studio, photo by Mimi Wong.