Chitra Ganesh

October 3 - 6, 2019 | Regent’s Park, Chester Rd, London, United Kingdom | Stand W8

Installation view of Chitra Ganesh’s “Unearthly Delights” in the Frieze London 2019 invitational section, Woven.

Chitra Ganesh, Butterfly, 2019, water-based paints, fabric, hardener, archival PVA glue, mixed media on paper on linen, 52 x 41 inches (132.1 x 104.1 cm).

Chitra Ganesh, Tree of Life, 2019, acrylic, ink, embroidery, textiles, fur, large glass marbles on paper on linen, 71 x 52 inches (180.3 x 132.1)

Chitra Ganesh, After the Storm, 2019, water-based paints, fabric hardener, archival PVA glue, and mixed media on paper on linen, 84 x 108 inches (213.4 x 274.3)

Chitra Ganesh, Sphinx, 2019, acrylic, ink, kodak repositionable fabric paper, glass shards, beads, holographic sticker, and textiles on paper on linen 52 x 46 inches (132.1 x 116.8 cm)

Chitra Ganesh, Telescope, 2019, acrylic, ink, mirror pieces, textiles, embroidery, brass gear parts, and plastic toy snakes on paper on linen, 40 1/2 x 52 inches (102.9 x 132.1 cm)

Gallery Wendi Norris is pleased to present “Unearthly Delights,” a solo presentation of new mixed media paintings by Brooklyn-based artist Chitra Ganesh at the 2019 edition of Frieze London in the invitational section, Woven, curated by Cosmin Costinas, Executive Director and Curator of Para Site, Hong Kong.

Ganesh creates work that pushes the boundaries of gender and power, occupying the liminal space between myth and reality, history and futurity. “Unearthly Delights” is an immersive installation of mixed media paintings evoking a cosmic night garden as a post-apocalyptic site of regeneration. The large-scale works on paper on linen depict a variety of creatures – animal, human, and superheroine – reimagining collective power as a uniting force across species. Their environs are at once dystopian and lush, considering the amazing capacity of the natural environment to flourish in the wake of human destruction and violence.