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Interviewee:
Ganesh, Chitra, 1975-  Search this
Interviewer:
Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-  Search this
Names:
Pandemic Oral History Project  Search this
Extent:
1 Item ((27 min.), digital, mp4)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Video recordings
Interviews
Date:
2020 September 1
Scope and Contents:
An interview with Chitra Ganesh conducted 2020 September 1, by Benjamin Gillespie, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project, at Ganesh's home in Brooklyn, New York.­
Biographical / Historical:
Chitra Ganesh (1975 - ) is an multimedia artist in Brooklyn, New York. Ganesh examines feminine and queer representation in mythology and pop culture through media including digital collage, comics, sculpture, and murals.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Restrictions:
This interview is open for research.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. Quotation, reproduction and publication of the audio is governed by restrictions. If an interview has been transcribed, researchers must quote from the transcript. If an interview has not been transcribed, researchers must quote from the audio recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Multimedia artists -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn  Search this
Topic:
COVID-19 (Disease)  Search this
Pandemics  Search this
Asian American art  Search this
Asian American artists  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Asian American multimedia artists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Video recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.ganesh20
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw987fc3c3a-c642-40e2-bff0-e3f054d623a4
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-ganesh20