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Patachitra experimental Painting

Akshaya Kumar Bariki, Sushanta Kumar Mohapatra, Narayan Pradhan and Mahindra Malik

Crafts Museum

Crafts Museum
New Delhi, India

Akshaya Kumar Bariki, the patachitra artist from Orissa, has incorporated the lota as a motif, both as a subject within his paintings as well as in the borders of some some smaller works. Even more interesting is the way in which he has experimented with the technique of ‘nesting’ - presenting one image concealed inside another so that the boundary between the two appears ambiguous.

Thus the silhouette of a lota (made up of many smaller lotas each containing a different tree) emerges from the background of a painting that consists solely of rows upon rows of lotas. Bariki has made a significant departure from his traditional ornamental style in that he has incorporated the idea of negative space or space left empty in his lota design so that some lotas seem to be sliced in two, one half elaborately ornamented, the other left blank. The inset lota with the trees may also be read as referencing the environment, and we know that this is a live and sensitive issue in Orissa at the present time.

Details

  • Title: Patachitra experimental Painting
  • Creator: Akshaya Kumar Bariki, Sushanta Kumar Mohapatra, Narayan Pradhan and Mahindra Malik
  • Physical Dimensions: Wall Painting
  • Provenance: Orissa
  • Type: Patachitra
  • Gallery: Inner walls of Lota Shop, Crafts Museum

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