Jangarh Singh Shyam
(India 1961–2001)
- Title
- Tithee bird
- Place of origin
-
Mandla District →
Madhya Pradesh →
India
- Cultural origin
- The term Adivasi (original inhabitants) is the preferred term for referring to the tribal peoples of India and their art. The artist belongs to the Pardhan subcaste, of the Gond tribe.
- Period
- Contemporary (Adivasi, tribal or folk) circa 1950 - onwards → India
- Year
- 1991
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- poster colour on paper
- Dimensions
-
55.8 x 70.9cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l., pencil " [not translated, Devanagari script, language Hindi] 1991".
- Credit
- Purchased 1993
- Accession number
- 348.1993
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Jangarh Singh Shyam was 'discovered' by the renowned Indian modernist painter J Swaminath, and as a young man made the transition from village life to work in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. However it would be a mistake to think of Shyam as a tribal artist; indeed he was not born into a community of artists but a community of bards. Instead, Shyam was a tribal 'and' an artist, who was able to translate the songs and stories of his people into exquisitely rendered paintings. 'Tithee bird' is typical of Shyam's prodigious style. Vibrant, colourful, dynamic and expressive, his work gives life and vision to a world of myriad myths animated by the animals, birds, mountains and deities of his village home.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.56.
- Bibliography (3)
-
Victoria Lynn (Australia) (Author), India Songs: multiple streams in contemporary Indian art, Sydney, 1993, 40, 41(colour illus.), 54. no. 42
'Contemporary Painting in Urban and Village India', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 56 (colour illus.).
Inspirations - Art ideas for primary and middle years 2004, 2004, cover (colour illus.) , 3 (colour illus.). card 3
- Exhibition history (1)
-
India Songs, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 01 Apr 1993–09 May 1993.
