The exhibition cum sale of Bhil paintings is being put up at 'Likhandra Exhibition Gallery' of Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum.
Under Shalaka, an exhibition of paintings of Bhil community artist Kasu Baria has been organized from July 3. This 27th exhibition will continue till July 30.
Born in the year 1982 in the Pitol village of Jhabua, a Bhil dominated area, Kasu Baria saw the beauty created by tradition around her and got inspired to paint by seeing the markings done by the women of the family and the village on the land and wall. Of. There was no painting experience, only lines carved out of clay and sometimes decorated with some natural colours.
After marriage at a young age, she came to Bhopal with her husband Ramesh and got busy in taking care of the family at home. Painting was not in his thoughts even far and wide, but at home his mother-in-law Padmashree Bhuri Bai, a reputed Bhili painter, was always engrossed in painting. Also his father-in-law.
When Jor Singh and other members of the house were also seen making pictures, in his spare time, Kassu also saw in his village and started spiritual practice with the help of paints and brushes. Gradually, his understanding of shapes and colors began to grow, then Kassu began to draw for himself. Some rhetoric remained in his paintings and the selection of colors is also very elementary. The effect and image of mother-in-law Bhuri Bai's pictures are automatically seen in Kassu's paintings.
Baria displayed these 28 paintings in Deer and Birds, Karanji Trees and Birds, Peacocks and Trees, Wadla Trees and Birds, Neem Trees, Peacocks and Other Birds, Guindi Trees and Birds, Mahua Trees and Birds, Turtles and Fish, Nilgai and birds, Bhagoria fair, young girls collecting plums, bullock carts and water filled pots, elephant riders, women collecting mahua, palm tree and youth, Gatla Dev, peacock guarding eggs, owls, squirrels and companions, birds and peepal Natural and beautiful scenes and stories of rural life are expressed.
At present Kassu is doing her painting with husband and family, she has participated in painting camps organized in various cities across the country including Bhopal and is engaged in continuous painting.