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Chitra Ganesh
(1975)

Dear X, My Heart (from Tales of Amnesia)



In creating the 21 lurid prints that make up the series Tales of Amnesia, Chitra Ganesh has drawn images from the Amar Chitra Katha, a series of comic books dating back to the 1960s that illustrated and circulated ancient Indian epics, myths and legends for mass consumption. In her provocative version of these comics, however, the artist locates and lays bare issues of gender and sexuality that are tactfully tiptoed around in the myths from...



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  Lot 107 of 130  

AUTUMN AUCTION 2008
3-4 SEPTEMBER 2008

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Rs 8,39,500
$20,988

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Chitra Ganesh
Dear X, My Heart (from Tales of Amnesia)

Inscribed and dated in English (verso)
2002
Digital C print on paper
12 x 29 in (30.5 x 73.7 cm)

This is fourth from a limited edition of five, plus one artist's proof

Category: Print Making
Style: Figurative


 









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