Untitled (Bhil Painting)
Signed in Devnagari (lower right)
Acrylic on canvas
38.75 x 59 in | 98.7 x 149.8 cm
Unframed, in a roll
The Bhils are the second largest tribal community in western and central India. Their art focuses on their natural environment filled with songs, rituals, tattoos and folklore. Bhil artists are just starting to be internationally recognized. They paint the simple human joys of birth and other ceremonial occasions like harvests that are often forgotten in our modern society. The art of the Bhils along with that of other tribal groups reminds us what the simple pleasures in life are.