What does it mean to belong to a forest?
To speak its patterns, dream in its colours, and draw by hand a cosmology shaped not by borders but by memory?
In Gond, nature is not merely a theme, it is the origin, the archive and the animate world itself. At first, all the paintings seem the same. Vibrant creatures, dotted and patterned forms, a rhythmic repetition of line. However, if you stand long enough, you begin to notice the subtle differences in the seemingly similar dots and patterns. No two artists trace the same path through the world, and no two paintings are alike. What looks like repetition is, in fact, individual identity.
The exhibition brings together traditional Gond paintings and works that engage with both traditional and contemporary themes and styles.
This unique exhibition brings together the works of seven celebrated Gond master artists: Gareeba Singh Tekam, Kailash Pradhan, Manoj Kumar Tekam, Saroj Venkat Shyam, Sandeep Dhurve, Sukhiram Maravi, and Venkat Raman Singh Shyam.