DS 569

GOND ART. ARTIST IS DILIP SHYAM. Dilip Shyam is one of the most skilled Gond art painters with a vast repertoire of diverse works. This painting demonstrates how contemporary motifs can easily be assimilated into indigenous art forms. An aeroplane is represented quite abstractly by a hybridization of a fish and birds. The eyes on the body of the fish are alluding to plane windows, the only way for passengers to see the world outside. Villagers look at flights overhead and find their personal interpretations. Cottages in the village are shown to be connected by pathways that seem to resemble roots. A Saja tree covers almost the entire background in this work.