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Colorful painting of a young Indian woman looking up to a larger-than-life goddess-sized woman
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Chitra Ganesh, Ancestral Visit (detail), 2023. Archival inkjet print, 59 x 42 in.

Logan Lecture: Chitra Ganesh

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Inspired by comic book imagery and iconography from South Asia, Chitra Ganesh creates wondrous animations, bold and colorful paintings, and mixed media works that center women and queer perspectives. Rejecting traditional gender roles, Ganesh depicts female archetypes such as witches and goddesses that reimagine representations of femininity, sexuality, and power. Ganesh references ancient mythology, queer politics, old Bollywood posters and songs, and the erasure of South Asian history in her works.

This lecture is presented by the department of Modern and Contemporary Art.

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Sharp Auditorium—Hamilton Building, Lower Level
Ticket required, discount for members, free for Museum Friends and students
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Colorful painting of a young Indian woman looking up to a larger-than-life goddess-sized woman

Chitra Ganesh, Ancestral Visit, 2023. Archival inkjet print, 59 x 42 in.

Watercolor painting of a figure in a spacesuit sitting and looking up to a dreamlike wolf-shaped creature

Chitra Ganesh, Change is in the Air, 2023. Watercolor and mixed media on paper, 41.5 x 29.5 in.

Abstract painting of a woman wading into the water against a surrealist backdrop of floating figures and spacecrafts

Chitra Ganesh, All the Farewells, 2023. Archival inkjet print, 64 x 48 in.

Black and white photo of Chitra Ganesh, a dark-haired woman in her 30s

Photo courtesy of the artist.

Colorful painting of a young Indian woman looking up to a larger-than-life goddess-sized woman
Watercolor painting of a figure in a spacesuit sitting and looking up to a dreamlike wolf-shaped creature
Abstract painting of a woman wading into the water against a surrealist backdrop of floating figures and spacecrafts
Black and white photo of Chitra Ganesh, a dark-haired woman in her 30s

Since 2007, the Logan Lecture Series at the Denver Art Museum has presented talks by over 140 contemporary artists. Organized by the Modern and Contemporary Art department, the series is made possible through the generous support of Vicki and Kent Logan.