The exhibition 'Shalaka 22' of young painter Parvati Paraste of Gond community will begin on February 3 at 'Likhandra Gallery' of Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum.
This painting exhibition will continue till February 28. The displayed paintings will also be available for sale, which can be purchased from the painter.
Parvati Paraste is a young painter from the Gond community and is currently engaged in painting while living in Bhopal. Along with this, he is also trying to engrave his paintings in new mediums. Born in the year 1985 in Bhusanda village of Dindori, a Gond-dominated area of Madhya Pradesh, Parvati Paraste is a young painter of the Gond community. Parvati's childhood was spent in the village and while staying in the village, she got education till the 12th standard. The stories heard from her mother and elder sisters also started making their place in his mind. Then Parvati also helped the mother along with the sisters, gradually her interest in painting also started increasing.
The tribals live with their tradition and define it in their creativity and all the paintings have distinctive features. Gond, portrays 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.
The paintings use vibrant colors like orange, yellow, blue and red, and are created with articulately drawn lines and dots as the method to bring it to life. Natural colours obtained from various sources like flowers, stones, etc are used for the creation of these beautiful paintings.
Over the years, the Gond artists have developed their own devices to work with various contemporary mediums and materials.