To commomerate Gond Art Year, a group painting exhibition on Gond Art is being put up at Art Gallery, Ustad Alluddin Khan Academy.
The exhibition showcases the Gond art pieces of as many as 16 artists. Being organised by Ustad Alluddin Khan Music Academy, the exhibition will be on view till March 21.
It is to be noted that these paintings are basically based on the Vastu and traditions of its area. The tribal people live with their tradition and define it in their creativity and all the paintings have distinctive features. Gond paintings portray the scenes, birds, animals and human faces on dark and vibrant colours. The paintings have brown or black base.
Gond paintings can best be described as ‘on line work’. The artist makes sure to draw the inner as well as outer lines with as much care as possible so that the perfection of the lines has an immediate effect on the viewer.
Lines are used in such a way that it conveys a sense of movement to the still images. Dots and dashes are added to impart a greater sense of movement and increase the amount of detail.
Another very striking facet of Gond paintings is the use of bright vivid colours such as white, red, blue and yellow. The paints are usually derived naturally from objects such as charcoal, coloured soil, plant sap, leaves and even cow dung.
Artists like Durga Bai, Rani Parste, Santosh Maravi, Kala Bai, Anand Singh Shyam, Venkat Raman Shyam and more have displayed their works at the exhibition.