We had no money, books or uniforms and I had passed Class ... That’s the specialty of Gond art, everything you see can be depicted through nature,” he shares. Today, Bhajju is a name everyone ...

It is indeed Venkat’s voice that dominates the entire book, first through his use of Gond art traditions to not just illustrate his story, but also to reinterpret, entirely as he sees these ...

That’s how Navayana brought forth its publication ‘Finding My Way’ a conglomeration of Gond Art, poetry and prose. The book is a collaboration of writer and publisher S Anand and Gond artist ...

The story of Pardhan Gond artist Venkat Raman Singh Shyam’s life told through fantastic art and writing that approximates ... right points throughout this book – of the narrative of the ...

He picked up the art form from his uncles. And given the rich history of mythology intrinsic to the tradition of Gond art, Venkat Raman Singh Shyam is even planning a book of folk tales that ...

Swaminathan who had famously ‘discovered’ Jangarh Singh Shyam, Venkat’s uncle who founded what is described as Pardhan Gond art in its contemporary form. The book begins with a pattern of ...

That’s when Tara Books [a Chennai-based publishing house ... and weddings now taking place in the big city. So, yes, Gond art such as mine is responding to contemporary life and times.

His books are indigenous works of art in their ... He tried to capture the essence of the story with the tradition of Gond tribal art. “Most of the illustrations I do are inspired by the legends ...

Art historian and curator Jyotindra Jain explains that Gond art as we see it today in galleries and on the pages of books is a relatively new phenomenon. The Gonds of Madhya Pradesh traditionally ...

A well-known Gond painter, Jangarh ... to the economic exploitation of the soft-spoken artist by the art world. The bulk of this book is devoted to a curated selection of Jangarh’s art arranged ...

He said the objective of the initiative was to preserve, promote and showcase the specialised tribal Gond art form. The book priced at Rs 2,500, which has been scripted by Udayan Bajpai and has ...