Telling Tales of India: National Museums Liverpool World Museum Show

It is indeed a great delight when India is showcased in museums abroad and the delight is made sweeter if you are associated with that initiative. The culmination of a multi-year, multi-artist project with National Museums Liverpool collecting 'contemporary traditional art'  was the stunning show titled Telling Tales of India which featured artists Pushpa Kumari ( Madhubani Art),  Kalam Patua    (Kalighat painting), Mantu Chitrakar ( West Bengal patua art), Nankushia Shyam ( Gond Art), Paresh Rathwa ( Pithora paintings), Ganesh and Teju Jogi ( Jogi art) as well as Sonabai Rajawar amongst others. 

Enjoy the following write-up from the Museum website 

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/about/mediacentre/2013/telling-tales-release.aspx

World Museum opens its gateway to India in new exhibition

World Museum will be bringing a piece of India to Liverpool this month, with the opening of a new exhibition exploring the role of storytelling in Indian art and culture.

Telling Tales, opening 24 May 2013 until 8 Sep 2013 will showcase the work of seven artists, portraying the traditional and contemporary stories of the country in a vibrant and colourful setting.

From large-scale paintings of village life, to terracotta horses, photographs and video material, the exhibition will offer a colourful, exuberant and exciting insight into 21st century India, immersing visitors in the sights and sounds of the country.

Telling Tales : Folk and Tribal Art Show at National Museums Liverpool

Three years. Six art forms in total, two per year. From across India. This was the scope of the joint India-UK collaborative project "Collecting Contemporary India" coordinated and curated by National Museums Liverpool and the Earth & Grass Workshop  from 2006 to 2009. Crisscrossing the country looking for folk arts and artists to build the collection was challenging and fulfilling for us at The Earth & Grass Workshop . Several wonderful artists and art traditions were identified and a substantial collection built up - from the Madhubani art tradition, Pushpa Kumari, Pradyumna Kumar, Mala Karn , from the West Bengal patachitra tradition, Mantu Chitrakar, Jaba Chitrakar and Sonia Chitrakar, the amazing Jogi family who have created the unique Jogi style of art,  Kalam Patua and his delicate Kalighat paintings, Paresh Rathwa with the magnificent Rathwa paintings and Gond art by Nankushia Shyam, Japani Shyam, Mayank Shyam and Mangru Uike .

The show Telling Tales display artworks from this collection and more and allows for a glimpse into Indian narratives as expressed in the myriad folk and tribal traditions in the country.

for more information and pictures

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmuseumsliverpool/sets/72157633764431236/

 

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/exhibitions/telling-tales/Telling-Tales-video.aspx