From a fish waiting to be born, to the beginning of art and the necessity of death. lore from the Gond tribal community in central India abounds with stories of origins, transformations and ends. Celebrated Gond artist Bhajju Shyam now gathers together these tales for the first time. By linking together these tales for the everyday, he expresses the essence of each myth in ten sequential images. This extraodinary visual narrative of cyclical time takes us from the germinal moment to the turnaround point. where death once again transits into renewal.
Gita Wolf's English text recreates the terse wisdom of Shyam's Hindi expressioins with great nuance.
This handmade, limited edition book has been silkscreened on handmade paper in our print workshop based in Chennai, India, run according to fair trade practices.
Bhajju Shyam
Bhajju Shyam belongs to the Gond tribe of artists—a community of highly visual story-tellers—from Madhya Pradesh in India. His captivating art keeps the symbolic density of the Gond style, bringing to it the intelligence and clarity of his own vision. The versatile artist has received international acclaim since his runaway success in 2003 with The London Jungle Book.
Buchkunst Geschenkbuch Indien Kreislauf Mythen Schöpfung Tribal Art