Untitled (Tree of Life) (Gond Art)
Signed in Devnagari (lower right)
2010
Ink and acrylic on paper
15 x 10.75 in | 38 x 27.5 cm
This work will be shipped unframed
Donated generously by Mayank Mansingh Kaul
He is a writer and curator with an interest in post-independence histories of textiles, design and fashion in India.
‘Tree of Life’ has been an enduring and recurring symbol in Indian art through the ages. Its representation here, by artist Mangru Uikey, through the Gond style, further highlights a certain aesthetic within contemporary Indian art, which has been defined through the prism of the tribal, folk, or the vernacular in the past.