I think that in the diaspora, and among immigrants, religion becomes a vehicle for the transmission of cultural information, and cultural codes, and this does end up re-inscribing certain things about the religion - like caste. Caste discrimination and hierarchy… — Chitra Ganesh Copy Share Image
I'm trying to make sure that the visual connections between the disparate elements are strong enough for the viewer to keep moving through the work. It's in paying attention to those hundreds of details that the flow of the line will guide an audience through the narrative in a way that will make them enter it enough to engage with… — Chitra Ganesh Copy Share
It's interesting to think about connecting the dots within an archive in a different way than linearly or teleologically. It's a great delight to… — Chitra Ganesh Copy Share Image
The having of the ideas is quite otherworldly. And then the making of the art itself is quite scientific. It's a combination. L Doing figurative work or taking pictures, and looking at how light actually reflects and refracts on bodies, or how your perception of something changes based on distance. But I think the getting of the ideas, and having… — Chitra Ganesh Copy Share
I'm more interested in moving toward writing stories - thinking about the graphic novel form, and just something more long-form. I did a lot… — Chitra Ganesh Copy Share Image
I love working with younger people. I feel like we need to catch up with them. In South Asian art it's important to address… — Chitra Ganesh Copy Share Image
I think that in the diaspora, and among immigrants, religion becomes a vehicle for the transmission of cultural information, and cultural codes, and this… — Chitra Ganesh Copy Share Image
I'm interested in representation that falls outside of what would be socially appropriate, or acceptable, or beautiful. The world is going through a very… — Chitra Ganesh Copy Share Image
I feel a disparity between my life in India within the home and my life outside the home - my life within public and… — Chitra Ganesh Copy Share Image
All existing art was religious until perhaps a hundred years ago. Within that there's obviously been lots of room for manipulation. I think that's… — Chitra Ganesh Copy Share Image
I was working within a figurative representational framework, and there was a sense of reading the painting as a transparency, or truth, or autobiography,… — Chitra Ganesh Copy Share Image
