Monday, January 17, 2011

ArtBeat is promoting tribal art of Madhya Pradesh - GOND ART

Paintings that emote. Paintings that enchant.
Paintings that speak. Paintings that express.
the folk paintings of Madhya Pradesh.
Vivacious, variant and vivid.



The art is most commonly found in Madhya Pradesh but one can see its clear footprints in some parts of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgharh. 


The inheritors of the Dravidian Culture - the Gonds are the simple tribes with a high thinking of non - egalitarian. Mainly found in Central India the Gonds  preach the Gods path and do agriculture as their main work.
Tribals cant remain frozen in a time - wrap, but their cultural identity remain the most important feature of their existence.

Carbon used to collect on the walls while women cook food in chulas. While removing it, the patterns that it created gave the inception of Gond Paintings. Later, It  came on walls as decorative art  of their homes.
Sangaon ki Mitti formed the basis of the paintings when it was  done on the walls. Now, Acrylic colors are mainly used in painting whether its done on paper, canvas  or walls.


(this a brief about Gond Painting... we will talk about the art, the artisans and many more in detail in our next posts)




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