a) SPIDER WITH WEB b) TREE OF LIFE
a) Signed in English (lower right)
b) Signed and dated in English (lower right)
b) 2013
a) Acrylic on paper
b) Acrylic on canvas
a) 19.5 x 13.5 in (49.5 x 34.2 cm)
b) 34 x 23 in (86.3 x 58.4 cm)
(Set of two)
a) SPIDER WITH WEB:
Japani Shyam has taken inspiration from a Gond legend. The gonds believe that long ago the Earth was covered with water. So Lord Shiva took the help of a spider to create land . He requested the spider to spin a web and place soil over the web to create land.
b) TREE OF LIFE:
Art of the Gonds is inhabited by the world of Trees & animals, although each artist's aesthetics are distinct. Japani Shyam, almost seems to capture the eco systems in which animals survive; her works are denser, they are reproductions of the worlds that animals and plants survive in. This work is one of her brilliant tree of life works.