walls redefined – as giant canvases!

Came across some pictures taken at Parikrama Foundation during a visit there.

This was a pretty neat idea – this artwork was done by kids – from slums – who otherwise would’ve might’ve easily gone astray and become criminals (and by not too much of a stretch of imagination, in future
endangered the life of me or someone I care about 🙂 )

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Another example of art on walls … though I don’t have any photos… was from an old essay on Honnemaradu…

(b) There are very talented people there [the tribals in the forests of the
Western Ghats]- the villagers have a special kind of art – of drawing on
walls with a twig of chronological events of a person. For eg for a couple
who get married, they draw a marriage drawing on the wall. The drawing is
very intricate and though it is by bare hands, it has amazing geometric
precision. I saw some of it and was very impressed. This art is very unique,
but is dying out since nobody is making any money out of it.

Wrt (b) – Several key expert artists were identified, and provision was made
to train others in the art. Similar bridge was established between homes in
cities so that people can get such drawings done in their homes. Not only on
walls, they were encouraged to draw on paper also making greeting cards,
paintings, etc. These two are sold in cities.