Highlight of the month
Cows in the meadow by Dinesh Soni
A traditional Pichwai painting featuring a rhythmic, meditative pattern of sacred cows against a muted green backdrop, symbolizing abundance and devotion.
MENTORING MAGIC
9 Traditional artists transformed
Zoya Akhtar's home, Mumbai
Art by Anwar Chitrakar
Sandeep Khosla's home, Mumbai
Art by Wolf
Manju Sara Rajan's home, Kochi
Art by Wolf
Devika Narain's home, Mumbai
Art by Ramesh Tekam
FEATURED ARTISTS
VIDYA DEVI SONI
74 year old Vidya Devi Soni lives in Bhilwara, Rajasthan and started painting at the age of six, with the guidance of her parents. She is an expert at Mandana, an art form from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, traditionally wall and floor paintings that were used to protect the home, welcome the gods into it, and signal celebration on festive occasions. Vidya Devi transfers the traditional techniques, themes and motifs of Mandana to paper, using natural colours, giving new life to this rich, ancient art form.
RUCHI BAKSHI SHARMA
Ruchi Bakshi is a filmmaker, artist, and toymaker. Her picaresque characters, often based on outlandish folklore and equipped with supernatural powers, seem to inhabit a strange and wonderful world of myth and fancy and reflect her own fringe theories about the origin ofour world. Everything that surrounds her soaks into her art, emphasizing her interest in creating an alternative way of seeing. Ruchi works with a variety of media, ranging from optical toys, animating wonder turns, lenticulars to jointed paper puppets, zines, and illustrated puzzles.
Winning Combinations
When done right, more is better! Explore artworks that go together beautifully, to make your walls look more alive, more inspiring.