Picture expressions based on patriotic songs during the freedom movement are being displayed at Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum.
The group painting exhibition 'Suraj' is being put up at exhibition gallery ‘Likhandra’.
There are 37 paintings on display in the 'Likhandra' gallery of the museum, which have been painted by 7 painters on canvas with images of freedom carved in folk songs.
In these paintings, the folk expressions of freedom struggles are displayed.
While Surendra Sahu has expressed in his pictures the attitude of respect for Gandhi prevailing in Korku song based folk, his pictures have shown Gandhi calling for freedom across the country.
Roshni Vyam has depicted the public anger in the Gond style against the British in his paintings.
Saroj Kumar Jha has expressed very closely and beautifully the social unity, confidence and struggle against the British during the Nimadi song-based independence in Madhubani style.
Bhil painter Shanta Bhuria has shown the struggle between people and British officers in his paintings.
Mankiya Bapu Vayda has shown Gandhiwith the truth and non-violence while spinning the spinning wheel, on the other hand, the British have depicted the picture of modern weapons of the time.
The Gond painter Venkataraman Singh Shyam has expressed the kings in his paintings defending his kingdom and Sanatan Swai in the Oriya Patta style introduced Gandhiji to the folk through the path of truth-non-violence and discussed the canvas through his portrait. But it is reflected.
These paintings have the heart of the common people, who are giving energy to the revolutionaries standing in the front row with innovative uses of their songs, stories.
In these paintings, the painters have etched the hope of India in the grip of British rule, in which the courage of the folk and the non-violence of Mahatma Gandhi are seen through the medium of the picture.