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Radiant Chromosphere (move towards what is approaching)
2012
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Ranu Mukherjee (Boston, Massachusetts, 1966 - ) Primary
Initial Public Offering: New Works from SJMA’s Permanent Collection (2014)
In Radiant Chromosphere (move towards what is approaching), Ranu Mukherjee merged historical accounts and current speculative narratives about Silicon Valley into a fantastical vision of its future. She reflected upon how the sun’s energy was necessary for the fruit orchards that once dominated the landscape and brought in workers for harvest, and how today via solar panels it is a vital power source and facilitates the considerable solar technology industry. In the boughs of the Peruvian Pepper Tree that is Mukherjee’s tree of life symbol for San Jose, past (cherries, oranges, and pears) and present (solar panels) bounties are intertwined.
Beta Space: Ranu Mukherjee: Telling Fortunes (2012)
On average, San Jose has three hundred sunny days per year. It’s no wonder then that the sun’s energy is deeply connected to the economic and social histories of the valley. In Radiant Chromosphere (move towards what is approaching) (2012), Ranu Mukherjee merged historical accounts and current speculative narratives about Silicon Valley into a fantastical vision of its future. She reflected upon how the sun’s energy was necessary for the fruit orchards that once dominated the landscape and brought in workers for harvest, and how today via solar panels it is a vital power source and facilitates the considerable solar technology industry. In the boughs of the Peruvian Pepper Tree that is Mukherjee’s tree of life symbol for San Jose, past (cherries, oranges, and pears) and present (solar panels) bounties are intertwined.
A Point Stretched: Views on Time, November 4, 2022 – July 9, 2023, Plaza and Gibson Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
San Francisco. Californian Dreams, Bundeskunsthalle (Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany), Bonn, Germany, September 13, 2019 - January 12, 2020.
Conversion: Art and Engineering, June 20, 2018 – May 19, 2019, Koret Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Initial Public Offering: New Works from SJMA’s Permanent Collection, March 1, 2014 - August 24, 2014, New Wing, First floor, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Beta Space: Ranu Mukherjee: Telling Fortunes, August 18, 2012 - January 13, 2013, New Wing, Second Floor, North Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
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Radiant Chromosphere (move towards what is approaching)
New Media
2012Variable
Ranu Mukherjee (Boston, Massachusetts, 1966 - ) Primary
Object Type: New Media
Medium and Support: Single-channel HD video on DVD
Credit Line: Gift of Barbara and William Hyland
Accession Number: 2012.07.02
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Initial Public Offering: New Works from SJMA’s Permanent Collection (2014)
In Radiant Chromosphere (move towards what is approaching), Ranu Mukherjee merged historical accounts and current speculative narratives about Silicon Valley into a fantastical vision of its future. She reflected upon how the sun’s energy was necessary for the fruit orchards that once dominated the landscape and brought in workers for harvest, and how today via solar panels it is a vital power source and facilitates the considerable solar technology industry. In the boughs of the Peruvian Pepper Tree that is Mukherjee’s tree of life symbol for San Jose, past (cherries, oranges, and pears) and present (solar panels) bounties are intertwined.
Beta Space: Ranu Mukherjee: Telling Fortunes (2012)
On average, San Jose has three hundred sunny days per year. It’s no wonder then that the sun’s energy is deeply connected to the economic and social histories of the valley. In Radiant Chromosphere (move towards what is approaching) (2012), Ranu Mukherjee merged historical accounts and current speculative narratives about Silicon Valley into a fantastical vision of its future. She reflected upon how the sun’s energy was necessary for the fruit orchards that once dominated the landscape and brought in workers for harvest, and how today via solar panels it is a vital power source and facilitates the considerable solar technology industry. In the boughs of the Peruvian Pepper Tree that is Mukherjee’s tree of life symbol for San Jose, past (cherries, oranges, and pears) and present (solar panels) bounties are intertwined.
Exhibition
A Point Stretched: Views on Time, November 4, 2022 – July 9, 2023, Plaza and Gibson Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
San Francisco. Californian Dreams, Bundeskunsthalle (Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany), Bonn, Germany, September 13, 2019 - January 12, 2020.
Conversion: Art and Engineering, June 20, 2018 – May 19, 2019, Koret Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Initial Public Offering: New Works from SJMA’s Permanent Collection, March 1, 2014 - August 24, 2014, New Wing, First floor, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Beta Space: Ranu Mukherjee: Telling Fortunes, August 18, 2012 - January 13, 2013, New Wing, Second Floor, North Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
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