The painting exhibition of young painter Choti Tekam is being put up at “Likhandara Gallery” of Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum. The exhibition “Shalaka 5” is being loved by the art lovers of the city.
In the museum's Likhandra gallery, astonishment arouses in the minds of the audience the painting created by Gond painter Choti Tekam under Shalaka-5. Gond painter Choti Tekam has said that his paintings are made with art and colours based on Gond community.
He said that he feels very good in grouping pictures of his beloved animal reindeer, which are naturally innocent and beautiful, as well as snooty birds get first place in his paintings. A group of all animals and birds are seen in his paintings. Smt. Chhoti says that it is incomplete to depict any animal in the picture, so in his creation pictures a group depicts the special. He said that it would take about a week for a large canvas and about 3 days for a small canvas to make pictures and create colours.
She showcased in her paintings the marriages, customs, rites and cultures of the Gond community.
As part of the wedding ceremony tradition, the pavilion prepared from the twigs of the venerable Sarai tree, depicts the traditional deer song sung at the arrival of the procession and the tradition of the auspicious song of the girly bird at the farewell of the girl.
According to the belief of the community, the celebration of decorating the bulls' singles with colours by keeping a silent fast in a beautiful fast after the Diwali festival is created in their paintings. A mixture of bright and dark colours is seen in your painting. Natural colors give small special place. They say that by showing colored points in the pictures, it also makes it beautiful as well as visionary, from which looking at some distance, the story of the picture is well understood.
Tekam learned this art from her teacher, Ram Singh Urveti. She has participated in many picture camps and group exhibitions organised in different cities of the country. Younger people are working as inspiration for the new generation of painters.