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TRIBAL ART IN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA. Presented by Savitri Joshi. TRIBAL ART. Tribal art in India takes on different manifestations through varied media such as pottery, painting, metalwork, paper-art , weaving and designing of objects such as jewellery and toys .
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TRIBAL ART IN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA Presented by Savitri Joshi
TRIBAL ART Tribal art in India takes on different manifestations through varied media such as pottery, painting, metalwork, paper-art, weaving and designing of objects such as jewellery and toys. These are not just aesthetic objects but in fact have an important significance in people's lives and are tied to their beliefs and rituals. The objects can range from sculpture, masks (used in rituals and ceremonies), paintings, textiles, baskets, kitchen objects, arms and weapons, and the human body itself(Tattoos)
SAURA PAINTING Saura painting is a style of wall mural paintings associated with the Saura tribal of the state of Odisha in India. These paintings, also called ikons (or ekons) are visually similar to Warli paintings and hold religious significance for the Sauras. Sauras are among the most ancient of tribes in India and find mention in the Hindu epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata. Savari, Rama’s devotee in the Ramayana and Jara, the hunter who mortally wounded Krishna with an arrow, are thought to have been members of this tribe.
SAURA PAINTING People, horses, elephants, the sun and the moon and the tree of life are recurring motifs in these ikons. Ikons were originally painted on the walls of the Saura's adobe huts. The paintings' backdrop is prepared from red or yellow ochre earth which is then painted over using brushes fashioned from tender bamboo shoots. Ekonsuse natural dyes and chromes derived from ground white stone, hued earth, and vermilion and mixtures of tamarind seed, flower and leaf extracts.
GOND ART The Gonds are among the largest tribes in Central India, numbering about 4 million. Though predominantly centered in Madhya Pradesh, they are present in significant numbers in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. The Gonds paint their walls with vibrant depictions of local flora, fauna and gods such as Marahi Devi and Phulvari Devi (Goddess Kali). Traditionally made on festive occasions such as Karwa Chauth, Diwali, Ashtami and Nag Panchmi, Gond painting depicts various celebrations, rituals and man’s relationship with nature.
GOND ART The artists use natural colors derived from charcoal, colored soil, plant sap, leaves, and cow dung. This mystical art form is created by putting together dots , fine lines and dashes.
PITHORA PAINTING Pithora Painting can be termed a ritual rather than that an art as it is “performed” to express gratitude to the God or a wish for a grant of a boon. The first wall of the house is considered to be the right place but Pithora is often taken as a three-wall affair. The first wall and the other two walls are prepared for the painting for which the walls are plastered with mud along with cow dung by the unmarried girls and then coats of chalk powder is applied and this process is called lipna making ground for the painters proceed with their work. The world of Pithora Painting, unlike that of Warli and Madhubani Paintings, is a male dominated one.
PITHORA PAINTING The colorful images of Pithora Paintings signify the advent of auspicious occasions like childbirth weddings and other festivals in the family or community. The tribal people of central Gujarat / Madhya Pradesh , Bhils / Nayaks perform this art form
WARLI PAINTING The Warlis or Varlis are an indigenous tribe or Adivasis, living in the mountainous and coastal areas of Maharashtra-Gujarat border and surrounding areas. Warli Paintings in India vividly express every day and societal events of the Warli tribe of Maharashtra. These themes are very cyclical and emblematic. A majority of the Warli paintings that stand for Palghat, the marriage god, over and over again consist of a horse used by the bride and groom.
WARLI PAINTING Apart from marriage god, themes of Warli paintings in India revolve around several celebrations, trees, birds, men and women boogying in circles, sowing, harvesting etc. Musicians, flora and fauna, etc are various other paintings that are common in Warli paintings. Warli paintings are prepared on a sober mud base with just one color, i.e. white; occasional yellow and red dots accompany. White color is made of ground rice into white powder.Warli paintings also uses some ordinary colors and components such as indigo, henna, black, ochre, brick red and basic mud. Geometric designs are the dominant patterns in Warli paintings
MADHUBANI OR MITHILA PAINTING Madhubani painting is practiced in the Mithila region of Bihar state, India, and the adjoining parts of Terai in Nepal. Painting is done with fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, and matchsticks, using natural dyes and pigments, and is characterized by eye-catching geometrical patterns. There are paintings for each occasion and festival such as birth, marriage, Holi, Surya Shasti, kali puja, Upanayanam, Durga Puja etc. Madhubani paintings mostly depict the men & its association with nature and the scenes & deity from the ancient epics.
MADHUBANI OR MITHILA PAINTING Natural objects like the sun, the moon, and religious plants like tulsi are also widely painted, along with scenes from the royal court and social events like weddings. Generally no space is left empty; the gaps are filled by paintings of flowers, animals, birds, and even geometric designs. The paintings are mostly pictorial depictions of gods and goddesses from the Hindu pantheon like Rama, Krishna, Shiva, Ganesh, Lakshmi, Durga and Kali. Special events like marriage ceremonies and court scenes are also depicted, besides themes from nature.
MADHUBANI OR MITHILA PAINTING Geometrical designs fill up all the gaps, leaving hardly any empty space in this style. Being of a religious nature, the paintings are done by the women predominantly at home, in anointed areas like the prayer room. Traditionally, the work is done on freshly plastered mud, dung walls and floors. The women use only plain, slatted bamboo sticks with wads of cotton to apply the paint. The colours are made from vegetable dyes or are of natural origin and are prepared by the women themselves.
DOT PAINTING The people of Central Australia and western deserts were known for their desert sand art. They used to clear a piece of land, and “paint” a story on sand, using small rocks, flowers, feathers and seeds. All the different shapes in Aboriginal dot paintings had a meaning, and as the elders were painting pictures they song a Dreamtime song. Sand paintings were also used during spiritual ceremonials and other religious rituals. In the 1970s, an artist of European background by the name of Geoffrey Barton helped Papunya people in central Australia to transfer their sand paintings to canvas by using dots to paint their sacred designs.
DOT PAINTING Modern dot paintings use the same symbols as did the ancient sand paintings. There is often a whole story in a dot painting, picture animals like kangaroos, snakes and lizards
