NPT 44

GOND ART. ARTIST IS NARMADA PRASAD TEKAM. This is a Gond art piece by the artist Narmada Prasad Tekam. It depicts a Saja tree where people have taken shelter to escape the jaws of a predator lurking below. They share the space with the birds that are the regular inhabitants of the tree. There is an air of apprehension in this work which contradicts the vibrancy of it rather beautifully. The artist’s signature style of the scalloped patterns has been used here with clever restraint.