In a fickle mixture of Gond art and folk surpassy, Sandeep opens its exaggerated throat bag to swallow a large fish and an elephant to swallow a large fish and an elephant. White pelicon One of the artworks on performance was Magicing magicAn exhibition in Gallery 47-A at Khotachi Wadi, Mumbai recently. 23 -year -old Dhurve says, “I have a keen interest in wildlife and plants, and I try to express interesting facts and hidden stories about them through my pictures.”
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The showcase supported by Dhurve project Tarsha was one of the nine indigenous contestants, a social initiative of the Watch Brand Titan Company, which serves as a biological incubator for rural artisans. As a part of his creative enterprise development program, he handed over to nine artists to go through digital and vocational skills training, as well as artist and product designer Aditi Prakash, led by six -month design mentorship, founder of Accessory Brand Pure Ghee Design.
Sandeep Dhurve
His goal was to pursue the creativity of young artisans and the boundaries of storytelling in their practiced art forms: Madhubani, Gond and Bhil. “We wanted them to be able to express their stories with greater clarity, confidence and personality, while their deep visual tradition lies,” says Prakash.
“The power of the privileged world to make a change if they wanted, whether they are through money, advice, structure, marketing, and it is our responsibility that it is around us.”Srila ChatterjeeGallery 47-A and founder of Baro Market, and a tireless lawyer for all forms of art
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The six -month process encouraged artisans to clarify personal experiences, local myths and everyday events in their visual language. They were placed in the material lab to find their voice and develop their technical flow.
In contact with a wide range of mediums beyond their normal acrylic paints, such as natural pigments, artists detected the unfamiliar techniques of layering surfaces to the surfaces and added the texture. “This was the first time he was invited to think beyond the form and pattern, and beyond the meaning and intentions,” Prakash says. He was encouraged to take risks in his compositions – “to help think how the entire surface of the canvas can contribute to the mood or meaning of the work”.
Bhil Artisan Brajbhushan Dhurve at work
The 37 -year -old Kamta Taheed was one of the contestants in Bhopal. Famous Bhil artist Lado Bai’s daughter -in -law, she developed her artistic voice after her marriage, under the attentive eye of motherhood. The art of Tahad lies in spirituality, naturalness and rural life, and in the show he included a parade-down portrayal of the village Vignets and Krishna.
Mentarships included a field trip to Sanchi, the first visit to the Buddhist campus for many of them, where he spent one day in sketching and absorbed the historical significance of the place. For Tahad, who is working on expanding the functions of his Sanchi and Krishna series, the experience was eye -opening. “I learned how to change my art into a story, how to create a new background,” She says, “Crown” also took roots-“how important it is to limit colors”, as appeared in his double toned paintings.
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From artisans to artists
Each artist maintained a daily diary to reduce new experiences or create a quick five -minute images. The habit of this perspective-departure transfer helped them not notice the world differently-to capture the condensed images, and developed a personal relationship with their subject.
Art by Sukhiram Marvi | Photo Credit: Devika Raman
Dual-Tond Krishna of Kamta Tahad | Photo Credit: Devika Raman
For Madhubani artist 37-year-old Preeti Das, her decades-Lumbers have been mainly limited to a community that sells artifacts through subsidized government exhibitions. Until Project Tarsha. Says Das, “Traditional art forms have their own identity, but modernity is equally important,” whose post-courtship artwork involves a focused selection around modern Indian woman: playing a guitar with a dog as a partner, riding a bike in a bicycle shorts, and a friend who enjoys coffee and conversation in a cafe.
Preeti Das’ Madhubani Kala | Photo Credit: Devika Raman
Prakash saw him as an early but important steps towards a deep type of writers, “where they are not only representing the inherited stories, but explaining the world in their voice”. She says: “This is only the beginning of that journey, but already, changes they compose, reflect, and make.” The artifacts are currently listed on the Baro Art website.
The author is a stability consultant and founder of beejliving, a lifestyle platform dedicated to a slow living.
Published – July 12, 2025 08:08 am IST
