Shalaka 10’, an exhibition of paintings by the young painter of the Bhil community Kamata Tahed, is being exhibited in the 'Likhandara Gallery' of Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum. A painting exhibition of 'Shalaka 10' will be held till January 31.
Kamta Tahed, born in village Balwaun in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh is a young painter of Bhil tribe.
Kamata's mother-in-law Lado Bai is herself an iconic Bhil painter. Kamta's father in law Teru was also proficient in painting Pithora. After marriage, Kamta saw her mother-in-law and father-in-law drawing and considered them her own teacher. Although Kamata used to make paintings at her home from childhood too, due to the constant support of parents in household chores and farming, they could not make many paintings.
She sometimes used to draw pictures of her own fantasies and sometimes helped her mother-in-law in drawing them. Aas she comes from the rural environment, her paintings have no legend in their own community, the traditional icons and festivals, wedding-shaped mangal shapes and symbols and the surrounding forest wealth, wildlife and animals in their paintings Started making places.
At first, Kamata used to paint her paintings with grey colours, then with some blossoms, the colours made their place. Kamata's paintings are not in Bandhai language but of her own sizes and imaginations. The roughness in Kamata's paintings in its early period still remains, which is a remarkable image of his art.
Kamata has achieved many achievements in her artwork over the years.